Operating Theatre Practitioner/Anaesthetic nurse
4 weeks ago
Job overview
Operating Department Practitioner or Anaesthetic nurse required for busy operating suite, undertaking both elective day case surgery and inpatient surgery together with emergency and trauma surgery. The successful candidate with be working with a dedicated team focused on giving the best care possible to all surgical patients.
Main duties of the job
Ability to work in anaesthetics in all specialities
Ability to work flexibly.
Be able to risk assess and practice safely at all times
Always work within local and national guidelines.
Treat everybody with respect and dignity.
Work in other areas of department, within competency levels, as required.
Work in other areas of the hospital, if required.
Working for our organisation
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Implement basic healthcare independently. Implement new/complex care with supervision. Practise in own clinical area of practice to agreed competency level. Ensure the use of safe techniques when moving and handling patients and equipment. Participate with the multi-disciplinary team in decision making regarding patient care. Accurately document and evaluate care. Work as anaesthetic practiioner in all surgical specialities within the department when allocated to s. Participate in shift pattern including weekdays, weekends, on calls and unsocial hours. Assist in other areas of the department as required within competencies. Work with nursing, ODP and medical colleagues to provide a safe environment for the patient undergoing day surgery procedures, including checking and maintenance of equipment. Participate in achieving, monitoring and maintaining set standards of care ensuring safe practice and reporting if these standards fall below an acceptable level. Assist in proposing and implementing change. Ensure that due regard is given to customs, values and beliefs of all patients. When assessed as competent be capable of taking charge of the specialist area. When assessed as competent give IV and Oral Medication. Be competent to manage a list from admission to discharge for any speciality within departmental guidelines.Assist in the ordering of any specialist stock for your area
Ensure a high standard of clinical care to patients.
Keep patients involved in their treatment by providing information to patients. Identify any risks elements involved in the provision of health care. Update clinical skills so as to maintain professional development. Act responsibly in respect of colleague’s health, safety and welfare following safe work practices and complying with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policies. Utilise resources appropriately to ensure agreed standard of patient care Delegate suitable clinical care to junior staff. Develop preceptorship skills and actively support peers. Develop supervisory skills. Participate in the development of local nursing / policies and procedures.
Person specification
other
Essential criteria
ODP qualification - anaesthetic nursing qualification Excellent written and verbal communication Newly qualified or six months post registration experience Flexible Ability to work as a team Demonstrable ability to meet trust values
Desirable criteria
Experience in an acute settingWe reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit
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