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Job summary

Main area
General & Emergency Theatres
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days, nights, weekends and bank holidays)
Job ref
193-6394952PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Theatre Scrub Practitioner (General & Emergency Theatres)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

Job overview

Band 6 Advanced Theatre Scrub Practitioner - General & Emergency Theatres

This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours over 7 days inclusive of weekends, evenings and internal night rotation.

Entry Requirements: NMC registered nurse or HCPC registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP).

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a motivated and dynamic team, with huge potential to develop and progress.

A friendly and supportive learning environment with developmental opportunities, being part of an innovative and dynamic team.

The hospital has twenty one operating theatres with four satellite theatres covering multiple specialities.

The General theatre department comprises of five theatres one of which is a designated 24/7 emergency theatre, covering all specialities.

The Royal Berkshire Hospital is the largest centre for bariatric surgery within the Thames Valley. We are the only centre performing robotics for both bariatric and colorectal surgery. It is a very exciting time to be part of this.

We deliver excellent patient experience and quality of care, with patient safety at the forefront of our practice, recognising that theatre practitioners play a vital role on our patient pathway.

In return we offer in-depth in house and external development opportunities and support for career progression.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated theatre practitioner with experience in general and emergency procedures. You will have proven clinical leadership skills to work within our busy operating theatre department.

Although the position is based in general and emergency theatres, you will have the opportunity to work across all specialities.

You should be motivated and enthusiastic about your own professional development and keen to enhance your skills and competencies within the team.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for the support of students within the theatre department upon completion of their orientation.  You work closely with our Practice Educator and the Clinical Leads for general and emergency theatres to ensure that the training and development needs of the band 5 nurses are supported.

As a professional role model, you will provide a high standard of evidence based clinical leadership and practice development to support our team of skilled professionals. You will be expected to work closely with the surgical team, assisting in implementing practice change where required and contributing to the control of consumables and making cost savings in line with Trust demands.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To help coordinate the skilled care of patients within their theatre specialty, demonstrating expertise in all aspects of the care of patients.

As required, to provide direct support to clinicians and patients. To contribute to the management of the specialty by acting as a professional role model, able to confidently lead a team.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN or RODP
  • Mentorship or teaching and assessing qualification
  • Post registration qualification/module in anaesthetics and/or surgery and/or recovery and/or HDU

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate considerable experience in anaesthetics and/or surgery and/or recovery
  • Experience of teaching and assessing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Baker
Job title
Clinical Lead Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183227594
Additional information

Tsitsi Gore / Sarah Baker (Clinical Lead Practitioners) on 0118 322 7594 or [email protected] / [email protected]

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