Theatre Scrub Practitioner

Job Overview

The Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a highly skilled and experienced theatre scrub practitioner to lead a theatre team on a day-to-day basis. The successful applicant will be a registered Nurse/Operating Theatre Practitioner with a substantial general surgery scrub experience.

Main Duties

• Act as a credible, visible role model for all junior theatre staff.
• Support the theatre team in resolving clinical and operational issues on a shift-by-shift basis while ensuring best practice care is delivered.
• Work in collaboration with the theatre manager to establish a cleanliness culture across the department, ensuring the patient environment is well-maintained, clean, and safe.
• Work with the theatre manager, Infection Prevention Control Team, and domestic support team to ensure adherence to cleaning contracts are maintained and monitored, escalating any issues in a timely manner.
• Maintain and supervise junior members of staff in ensuring that theatre care delivered to all patients is established on an individual assessment, planned evidence-based care, documented, and evaluated as to effectiveness.
• Work closely with the theatre manager to ensure quality-driven indicators are monitored through audit within the area, ensuring high standards are maintained that promote best outcomes for patients.
• Provide appropriate and consistent professional advice to other members of the theatre team.

Working for Our Organisation

The Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community, recognizing the value of employing service leavers/veterans and their families.

Our Vision and Mission

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time, guided by our CARE values: Collaborate, Aspire, Respect, and Enable.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• RN (Adult) or ODP
• Diploma in a related field or equivalent in a related field
• Relevant post-registration experience

Desirable Criteria

• Completion of an appropriate leadership and management programme
• Teaching and Assessment recognized qualification
• Recognized advanced communication skills
• Degree in a related field or willingness to work towards

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Significant experience at Band 5 in a scrub role
• Previous experience in teaching, coaching, mentoring

Skills and Abilities

Essential Criteria

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to the level of producing documents or reports
• Dexterity required for administration of medicines and clinical interventions

Desirable Criteria

• Ability to demonstrate appropriate non-antagonistic behavior in stressful situations
• Evidence of participation in audit, research, and development of staff
• Ability to plan and organize complex activities or programs that may adjust depending on activity

Special Circumstances

Essential Criteria

• Good team worker
• Ability to take part in the on-call rota

Desirable Criteria

• Post holder may be required to work across all sites and will be required to travel in a timely manner

PPE Requirements

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu Vaccinations

COVID-19 and flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course, our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application Information

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting

The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel Expenses

It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking

All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.