Job summary
Employer heading
Theatre Scrub Practitioner - Nights
NHS AfC: Band 5
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
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Job overview
Job Title -Theatre Scrub Practitioner - Nights
Hours per week-37.50
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary-£28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
Closing Date-06.08.2024
Interview Date-22.08.2024
An opportunity has arisen to join out team and work permanent nights covering our ncepod theatres. As per HCPC / NMC guidelines the successful applicant must work 2 weeks of day shifts per year.
Applicants are expected to have a wealth of experience covering the emergency footprint.
Permanent position- full time (13 shifts per 4 weeks 19.30-08.00) part-time (minimum of 2 x 11.5 shifts) Set night requests would be considered, however due to other fixed patterns we require staff who can be flexible across the 4 week roster
Example nights available:
Week 1: Sun/ Tues
Week 2; Sun/Tues/Sat
Week 3: Sun/Tues/Wed/Thus/Sat
Week 4: Sun/Tues/Wed/Thurs
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot – ‘Where you make a difference’
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to patients in the perioperative environment.
- Takes charge of theatre as delegated by the Senior Team Leader for a specified period of time.
- Acts as leader, delegating tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified theatre staff, support theatre staff and students within the perioperative teams.
- Assists the Senior Team Leader and Professional Development Team (theatre) in the management of preceptorship of newly qualified staff, return to practice staff and the mentorship of nursing /ODP students and health care support workers.
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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- Deliver a high standard of perioperative care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
- To provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
- Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate perioperative care assessment of the physical social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
- Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in their care.
- Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
- Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one’s own abilities and limitations.
- Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.
- To ensure 24 hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays.
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Minimum of 12 months post registration within the Perioperative environment
- • Scrub Experience within emergency specialty, including general, gynae, urology and trauma
- Recovery experience
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential criteria
- • Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Operating Department Practitioner
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- • Mentoring & Assessing Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to have positive working relationships
- • Ability to work under pressure to meet demand
- • Experience of using evidence based practice
- • Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise
- • Provide and receive complex and sensitive information, understanding the barriers to effective communication
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Enthusiastic
- • Positive working relationships
- • Ability to motivate others
- • Leadership skills
- • Good organizational skills
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Aileen Rylance
- Job title
- Senior Theatre Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476153523
- Additional information
Carolyn Bradshaw HoN
07795921370
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