Senior Scrub Practitioner

6 days ago

Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a 3 Band 6 Senior Theatre Practitioners to support the senior leadership team in Constable Theatres new surgical service.

This is a great development opportunity to enhance your leadership skills, be integral in the running of the department and will have the opportunity to support with innovation. This post is integral to the effectiveness of Constable Theatres elective surgical

The New Constable Theatres template will provide Elective surgery in 3 of our operating theatres, The department will covers a range of specialties ranging from, Colo-rectal, Urology, Breast, General surgery, Gynae, Robotic and laparoscopic surgery.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to develop truly patient centred evidence based care through their clinical expertise and knowledge and through demonstrating the leadership skills to deliver and maintain best practice.

The successful candidate will:

Demonstrate their professional commitment to patients, their families and carers. Be committed to actively seeking the views of those who use and those who work within out services, and responding effectively to that feedback. Understand how to develop their team and workplace cultures to ensure the highest standards are maintained at all times Collaborate with a wide range of people and professional groups to improve the services we provide Be skilled in managing day to day organisational issues and challenges of both elective lists and emergency surgery. Be responsible and organise the effective planning of an elective list.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years post registration performing as a Theatre Practitioner. Evidence of attending and applying into practice training related to a theatre speciality

Desirable

Evidence of service development or improvement project

Qualifications

Essential

Current registration of professional body Advanced scrub competencies or/and Qualified Surgical First Assistant And/or Cell Salvage operator And/or Specialist knowledge in an additional / equivalent specialty field or working towards

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of ongoing performance as a senior Theatre Practitioner role Ability to provide highly specialist clinical & technical services transferable to external locations Understand the principles of Agenda for Change and to undertake junior staff's development via the appraisal process and deliver appropriate advice to qualified staff on a range of peri-operative specialist subjects

Desirable

Formal Leadership and Management course undertaken or working towards Good understanding of competency based learning Appraisal Course completed or working towards

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication skills underpinned by leadership and inter - transferable across disciplines The ability to prioritise with multifaceted complex situations and use developed physical skills to work at speed and with precision in emergency situations Cardiac Arrest, Code Blue / Red Responsible for the safe use of expensive / highly complex equipment Lasers, Cell salvage, ventilators, endoscopes Application of skills to ensure sterility, asepsis, infection control and prevention of 'Never Events' such as patient retained instruments If applicable to preferred area of practice, form an integral part of the inter-hospital transfer team, supporting the transfer of Critically ill patients either by road or air

Desirable

Experience in these situations across both surgical and Anaesthetics Sound knowledge and application of national & local theatre policies and procedures

Personal Attributes

Essential

Professional and innovative role model with a proven ability to inspire and motivate others Good levels of physical fitness, sufficient to safely position patients correctly for surgery, moving heavy equipment, standing for long periods Able to exert on going light physical effort requiring concentration for long period's throughout the shift. Occasional requirement to exert intense physical effort for short periods of time supporting sedated patients, holding surgical retractors, attending cardiac arrests in non clinical locations Able to work effectively in an unpredictable and demanding environment including dealing with frequent interruptions Personal ability to work with the hazards in Operating Theatres which can be considerable and include bodily fluids, radiation, anaesthetic gas, bone cement, sharps and ensure the safety of those around you.

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