Assistant Practitioner in General Surgery

2 weeks ago


Chorley, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LTHTR.

An opportunity has arisen for a full time assistant practitioner who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and caring individual to be part of a supportive and forward thinking team. The role is integral to ensuring the department is able to function efficiently on a daily basis. You will be proactive, driven and able to use initiative.

Sellers ward is a 16 bedded surgical unit. An In-patient ward where we care for a range of specialities of general surgery. We cover a wide range of surgery including, general surgery, urology, ENT, vascular, Upper GI and Breast surgery.

Longton day case unit is a urology unit where we care for patients undergoing a wide range of urology day case procedures.

We care for patient pre and post operatively with an amazing supportive Multidisciplinary team and we want you to come and join us

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals - people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

The role is patient facing and requires excellent communication skills. You will be expected to carry your own caseload of patients; assessing them early in their admission, identifying their individual needs and delivering therapeutic healthcare (including manual handling, mobilisation, delivering exercises and supporting activities of daily living) and working towards early discharge from hospital. Admitting elective surgical patients completing who checklists using various It systems within the trust including QMED and EPMA, Individual risk assessments opera.

We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of
- Be able to analyse problems and suggest suitable solutions
- Be able to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines and manage own time
- Good interpersonal skills
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills
- Have the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Be able to work effectively in a team
- Adaptable to change
- Knowledge and or previous experience in surgery
- Competent in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, PP



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