Main area: Elective Orthopaedic Theatres
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri, On calls out of hours and weekends)
Job ref: 164-6863694
Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: City Hospital Campus
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59
Senior Theatre Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic person who is passionate about patient safety and quality and would like to further develop your clinical skills? With the opportunity to develop link roles and career development.
Ensure the highest standards of care and safety within the Elective Orthopaedic theatres and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary teams, implement and maintain systems and processes which ensure standards are maintained.
Ongoing orientation and mentor support.
Main duties of the job
1. Support colleagues and foster a learning culture which values high quality safe patient care.
2. Work in partnership with Orthopaedic colleagues to ensure multi-disciplinary team work in achieving agreed, common goals / outcomes across the elective Orthopaedic service.
3. Demonstrate flexibility and strong organisational skills.
4. Be enthusiastic and motivated to improve services.
5. Ability to interact effectively with peers and junior and senior colleagues.
6. Willingness to learn a variety of theatre skills and engage in departmental link roles.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person specification
Experience
* Works as part of a team and helps others within the team.
* Previous experience in a health care setting.
Communication
* Demonstrate computer literacy and IT skills.
Planning and organisational skills
* Manages own time efficiently.
Experience
* Recognises own role in team and is aware of own ability and role limitations.
* Aware of process and reporting mechanism within own department.
Communication
* Able to demonstrate verbal and non verbal skills.
* Understand and maintain confidentiality.
* Maintain accurate records under supervision.
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
Application Information
Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available.
The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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