General and Emergency Theatre Scrub Nurse

3 weeks ago


Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated Nurse who works well in a multi-disciplinary team environment. We seek to maintain high standards of care for our patients and are looking for someone who will enhance our department.

You are welcome to have an informal visit.

Skills & Experience

Registered Nurse or Practitioner with NMC or HCPC registration. Excellent communication skills with the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and in sensitive and challenging situations.

If this sounds like you and you are ready to join a team where your clinical and personal skills can flourish, apply here today.

This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. Please note all candidates could be asked to work at another Trust site as required.

Soon to be qualified student nurses and ODPs are welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Key Duties:

Undertake all activities in a professional and proficient manner, including mandatory surgical checks prior to the start of the procedure, during and pre wound closure. Carry out scrub duties according to policies and procedures, contributing to quality improvement, and promoting best evidence based practice. Assemble, check, prepare, and coordinate the use of surgical equipment, drugs and consumables for a wide range of operative procedures. Act in the circulating role, and promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant healthcare professionals.

Our Theatre Practitioners work towards providing high quality patient care within the perioperative setting. We welcome both experience and non-experience staff to join our supportive team. Training can also be provided to support newly registered practitioners and to those who are looking for a new career direction.

For our successful candidates, we will aid you in the development of your career, and in order to enable this we have a dedicated Practice Development Team to support you. The Trust also provides many other In-house learning opportunities to support your developmental needs.

If you feel you have the people skills and necessary qualities to become part of a forward and innovative thinking team, with ambition to deliver the best theatre service in the UK.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.

This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months.

The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receivea full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website:

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.

We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.

This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered nurse / ODP with current NMC/ HCPC oEvidence of current and continuing professional development

Desirable

oExperience in Scrub oFurther relevant Training

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

oExperience working within a multi-disciplinary environment. oKnowledge of professional codes of conduct oKnowledge of patient safety and WHO checklist

Desirable

oRecent experience working within an operating theatre environment.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

oGood communication skills oEnthusiastic and self aware oAbility to work under pressure

Desirable

oGood IT skills oFlexible working pattern

Values and Behaviours

Essential

oCaring & compassionate. oSelf-motivated and able to motivate others. oCommitment to CPD. oAble to work closely with team members. oFlexible to the needs of the service.

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