Join Our Dynamic Surgical Teams: Surgical Care Practitioner Band 8A*
We are seeking two experienced and motivated Surgical Care Practitioners to join the world renowned Spinal and Sarcoma Teams at RNOH. This is a unique opportunity to work in a specialised multidisciplinary environment, supporting complex surgical procedures and delivering high-quality perioperative and intraoperative care.
About the Role
As a Surgical Care Practitioner, you will work closely with Consultant Surgeons, providing expert clinical care and advanced surgical practice. You will demonstrate autonomy in patient assessment, diagnosis, and management, supported by defined competencies and trust protocols. Your role will also encompass leadership, education, research, and quality improvement to enhance patient outcomes and service delivery.
About You
You should be a dynamic, driven surgical practitioner with advanced clinical expertise and a passion for continuous improvement in surgical services. You thrive in a collaborative environment and demonstrate leadership in practice, education, and research.
(*We welcome applications from those without a Non-medical Prescribing course. You will be appointed at Band 7 and we will support you to undertake this educational qualification)
For more information, visit [link to apply]. For further information contact Julie Woodford, Macmillan Nurse Consultant on 0207 909 5878 or via emailjulie.woodford@nhs.net
Key Responsibilities
•Act as a first/second assistant in surgery and perform defined invasive procedures.
•Deliver advanced perioperative and postoperative care with a focus on complex surgical pathways.
•Lead on clinical governance activities, including audit and research.
•Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient pathways and ensure adherence to cancer waiting times where appropriate.
•Provide mentorship and education to junior staff while maintaining a high standard of patient-centred care.
To be an expert clinical practitioner, ensuring patients receive high quality clinical care whilst undertaking defined invasive procedures, utilising specialist knowledge and skills.
To act as a first or second assistant to the Consultant Surgeons or other members of the surgical team.
To participate in pre and post-operative care of surgical patients, with particular attention to appropriate work up of patients and the establishment of effective pathways for complex procedures, wound care, wound healing and the prevention of infection in surgical wounds.
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link:
To be a motivated, dynamic advanced surgical practitioner, striving for improvement in care and practice.
To monitor quality and continuity of patient care, taking action to address improvements as required.
To ensure that care is based and planned on an individual assessment for a positive patient experience.
To liaise closely with the MDT administrative teams to ensure patients are discussed where appropriate at the relevant MDT meetings.
To liaise closely with the theatre schedulers and MDT administrative meetings to ensure where appropriate that cancer waiting times are adhered to.
To ensure that effective discharge planning and health promotion is carried out.
To ensure accurate documentation of all care given.
To communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues.
To be accountable for quality governance within own area of practice.
To exercise authority and accountability within their sphere of influence.
To act as a role model and expert clinician, contributing to the training of junior medical staff and providing support and guidance to all staff delivering care to patients.
To help prepare for and improve efficiency in the outpatient clinics.
To reinforce an effective bridge between ward based clinical staff and team based clinical staff.
To assist with the effective management of emergency transfers under the sarcoma surgical team.
This advert closes on Friday 7 Mar 2025
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