Theatre Nurse/Trainee Advanced Surgical Practitioner

1 week ago


Cramlington, Northumberland, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Theatre Nurse/Trainee Advanced Surgical Practitioner. This role will provide safe and efficient care to patients within the specialist area of Orthopaedic theatres, trust wide, with a base site at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

This post is ideal for an experienced registered nurse or ODP who has demonstrated a high level of clinical achievement and clinical excellence and wishes to expand their sphere of skills, responsibilities, and influence in a specialist area.

The successful candidate will have recent knowledge and experience in the specialist area, gained through formal qualification or experience, and will be expected to have in-depth knowledge of theatre standards and protocols.

This role falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies, you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.

Main Duties of the Job

Delivering excellent standards of care and providing patient support throughout the peri-operative phase, advocating on behalf of the dependent patient.

Providing high-quality care alongside theatre teams, ensuring safe patient positioning, maintaining skin integrity of patients, safe manipulation of surgical instruments, and delivering high standards of surgical assistant support when required.

Ensuring safe and high-quality preparation and monitoring of the environment and maintenance of equipment, including operating tables and specialist aids.

Reporting incidents and escalating causes for concern through the appropriate processes.

Working with and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team, supervising junior colleagues, unregistered staff, and students.

About Us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities, such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.

High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us.

Job Responsibilities

  • To assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care under the direction of the senior nurse/SODP.
  • To assist in the provision of nursing care and maintain high clinical standards.
  • To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
  • To develop over time and contribute to the management of a clinical area and take charge in the absence of Senior Nurse/ODP.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1st Level live NMC Registered General Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner qualification.
  • Evidence of ongoing practice development.
  • Registered Mentor. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).

Desirable

  • Recognised postgraduate theatre/anaesthetic qualification.
  • Recognised teaching qualification.
  • Post-Registration qualification in specialty.
  • Diploma/degree in nursing or health-related topic.


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