Job overview

The Day Surgery Service & Main Theatre Service are now managed into one team. The service has two sites delivering care at Basildon & Orsett Hospitals. The Trust has a busy inpatient block comprising of 7 Theatres, 5 Day Stay Unit Theatres as well as 2 Maternity Theatres and ECT suite, supporting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week activity profile, with all disciplines other than neurology carried out at Basildon Hospital.

The Day Surgery Service is completely nurse led when working in areas such as pre-assessment and discharge. It caters for adult, paediatric and special needs patients, and has overnight facilities, the Orsett site functions as a stand-alone unit (there are no inpatient facilities on-site). Patients having surgery in the main operating theatres are cared for within the service, as are patients transferred from A&E and other areas of the hospital. Inpatients can be cared for prior to transfer to an inpatient ward when there is need.

Main duties of the job

• Following successful completion of development programme undertake the full range of duties appropriate to their work allocation without supervision.
• Work as part of theatre team to scrub and circulate for surgical procedures.
• Develop and maintain excellent theatre organisational skills.
• Take part in rotation through all areas of the departments and across both sites to meet the needs of the service on a 24 hour basis.
• Work within the multidisciplinary team ensuring good professional relationships.
• Work competently in a variety of specialities for both paediatric and adult patients
• Practice in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust policies and procedures, and within your scope of practice.
• Be an effective team member
• Promote interdisciplinary working, with outcomes aimed at the best interests of patients and cohesive service delivery
• Train junior staff and take part in the orientation of new staff following appropriate training.
• Participate in clinical supervision/appraisals/audits
• Take every opportunity to sustain and improve own knowledge and professional competence, reporting to senior staff any deficits that impinge on practice in a timely fashion whilst meeting the needs of the service

Working for our organisation

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. 

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.