Theatre Nurse/Trainee Advanced Surgical Practitioner

3 months ago


Cramlington, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for dynamic and motivated qualified professionals to work within the Surgeons Assistant team trust wide to provide safe and efficient care to our patients within the specialist area of Orthopaedic theatres, trust wide, with base site being NSECH.

This post will be suitable for an experienced registered nurse / ODP who has demonstrated a high level of clinical achievement and clinical excellence wishing to expand their sphere of skills, responsibilities and influence in specialist area.

Recent knowledge and experience is essential in specialist area gained through formal qualification or experience.

You will be expected to have in-depth knowledge of theatre standards and protocols and to adhere to them on a daily basis.

This post 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.

For further information on Annex 20, please see:

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.

We have one post available working within the surgical assistant team to provide support to the Orthopaedic Surgery at service based Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital but also able to provide a service trust wide when needed.

To provide high quality care alongside theatre teams ensuring safe patient positioning , maintain skin integrity of patients , safe manipulation of surgical instruments and to deliver high standards of surgical assistant support when required.

To ensure safe and high quality preparation and monitoring of the environment and maintenance of equipment including operating tables and specialist aids.

To report incidents and escalate 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 to 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. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job description

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. 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. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. 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 post graduate theatre/anaesthetic qualification Recognised teaching qualification Post Registration qualification in specialty Diploma/degree in nursing/or health related topic

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