Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking to recruit dynamic and flexible Band 5 Scrub Practitioners. At Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Teaching Hospital, you will be rewarded with real job satisfaction as confirmed by our employee surveys. This satisfaction comes from working in a team that puts patient's interests at the heart of everything they do.
Our driving force is our ability to invest in our people, as we support our Theatre Nurses and ODPs to build their skills through mentoring and formal training such as ALS and PLS.
The role involves working a rota pattern across 7 days, Monday - Sunday, including days and nights.
Please note, although this post is fixed term, there is a possibility it may become permanent in the future.
If you are a WWL employee applying for the post as a secondment, please ensure you have your manager's approval before applying.
Main Duties of the Job
Spread over three sites, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh cover both acute and elective surgery with a wide procedure portfolio. Across our three theatre sites, teams work closely with some of the region's leading consultants and are exposed to the latest innovative, evidence-based clinical techniques. On our Wigan site, we have our integrated laparoscopic theatre; our Wrightington site has invested in a surgical robot, and our Leigh site is currently expanding to four operating theatres.
Here on the Wigan site, we undertake adult and paediatric elective and emergency surgery, with Wrightington and Leigh focusing on elective adult surgery. This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. Please note all candidates may be asked to work at another Trust site as required.
Soon to be qualified student nurses and ODPs are welcome to apply.
Please Note: Candidates will be asked to provide original qualifications at the interview stage.
About Us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind, we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL, we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job Responsibilities
Key Results from the Job Holder
* Identifying what is required of self in delivering individualised patient care.
* Developing competencies in self that safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC / AODP Codes of Conduct.
* Participation in the effective use of allocated resources / funding.
* Demonstrating awareness of and participation in development to meet demands, and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
* Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
* Promoting safe systems, which assure all aspects of risk reduction, compliant with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the agenda for Clinical Governance.
* Demonstrating an awareness of local/national policies and strategies, and ensure up-to-date working knowledge of legal matters that may impact within the clinical area.
* Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through application of evidence-based practice.
* Participating in self-development and development of less experienced staff to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
Planning and Organisational Duties
* Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
* Identifying, maintaining, evaluating and improving the quality of care through application of evidence-based practice within the clinical area.
* Developing sound clinical skills and competency within their defined field working without direct supervision to ensure the application of professional standards in all aspects of care delivery within the clinical environment.
* Demonstrating an awareness of the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing individualised high-quality patient care.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
* Using a multimedia approach to influence outcomes.
* Working closely with own team, theatre co-ordinator, senior team leader and matron/theatre manager to promote good work relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Maintaining compliance with the Data Protection Act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered to.
* Maintaining accurate and legible records of care. To respond to requests for information.
* To receive and pass on information to others, maintaining confidentiality.
* To build and maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues across the division and Trust.
* Maintaining accurate and timely records.
* To communicate effectively with all professions.
* To behave in a professional manner at all times.
Responsibility for Finance
* Contributing to the effective and efficient utilization of theatre resources identifying shortfalls and liaising with senior team leader / theatre co-ordinator.
* Participating in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service.
* Demonstrating awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service.
Responsibility for Human Resources
* Adhering to Trust policies and maintenance of the professional Code of Conduct.
* Adherence to legal requirements of Trust, NMC and HPC.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Maintaining consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.
* Ensuring that all work is carried out in a safe manner with due regard to the Health and Safety regulations.
* Ensuring risk assessments of all situations are completed.
* Taking appropriate action and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.
* Maintaining a duty of care towards personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
* Maintaining compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered to.
* Effectively using verbal and written word to influence outcomes.
* Participating in the timely recording of patient documentation ensuring that only accurate and effective data is collected about the care episode.
Responsibility for NHSLA
* Monitoring the standards and quality of care and lead on improvement through benchmarking, audit and research.
* Contributing to the development of clinical policies/procedures/guidelines/standards of care within the theatre department.
* Participation in departmental research and audit.
* Application of evidence-based practice within the care delivery.
* Demonstrating underpinning theoretical knowledge within their clinical practice of Infection control, Health and Safety, Ethical and Legal issues.
* Demonstrating adaptability of the role within distinct clinical environments.
* Recognising the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing individualised high-quality patient care.
* Demonstrating application of professional standards in all aspects of care delivery within the clinical environment.
* Demonstrating adherence to the NHSLA standards and outcome.
* Demonstrating adherence to CQC essential standards of quality and safety.
Responsibility for Teaching
* Promoting life-long learning through the use of appropriate coaching, teaching and assessment in practice by:
* Ensuring own clinical credibility by maintaining own professional development and completion of mandatory training sessions.
* Participating in the induction and subsequent training of new staff members and pre-registration students acting as a mentor to students as required.
* Participating in the development of educational programmes for use within the clinical area.
* Providing education and development opportunities for the team.
* Acting as a positive role model at all times.
Work Circumstances & On-call
* Full time 37.5 hours per week.
* Internal rotation within the theatres.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/ODP with current NMC/HCPC registration.
Experience
* Demonstrate ability as a professional role model.
* Experience of working on own and as a member of a team.
Skills
* Highly developed interpersonal, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
* Developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to maintain and improve standards of care.
* Ability to plan and prioritise own and others' workload.
* Evidence of ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Standard keyboard skills and use of health care IT packages such as ORMIS, HIS etc.
Knowledge
* Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
* Knowledge of evidence-based practice.
* Understanding of research/audit.
Additional
* Flexibility within contracted hours to meet the demands of the department.
* Ability to support colleagues in other perioperative disciplines within own level of competence e.g. anaesthetic, scrub and PACU.
* Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£28,407 to £34,581 a year, pro rata
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