Scrub and Recovery Practitioner - TheatresinNuneatoninNuneatonPUBLISHED MON 3 FEB 2025
George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustrNujBIiB
Meaningful Impact, The role allows practitioners to make a significant difference in patient care and outcomes in a dynamic theatre environment.
Professional Development, Opportunities to enhance skills in a variety of surgical procedures and patient care techniques, promoting continuous personal and professional growth.
Collaborative Team Environment, Work alongside a multidisciplinary team, enhancing teamwork and communication skills while contributing to a supportive workplace culture.
High Standards of Care, Commitment to evidence-based practice and quality improvement ensures a rewarding professional experience focused on patient health and wellbeing.
Variety of Responsibilities, The role involves diverse tasks, from scrub duties to recovery assessments, ensuring no two days are the same and keeping the work engaging.
Competitive Salary, The position offers a competitive salary range of £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, reflecting the importance and responsibility of the role.
Shift Flexibility, Working rotational shifts provides opportunities to manage work-life balance, with coverage including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated and skilled Band 5 Registered Scrub and Recovery Practitioner to join their Operating Theatres department in Nuneaton. This permanent position, comprising 37.5 hours per week with a salary range of £29,970 to £36,483 per annum, requires an individual with extensive knowledge and excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing scrub duties according to established protocols, coordinating surgical procedures, and ensuring quality patient care. Key tasks include preparing and managing surgical equipment, monitoring patients in recovery, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to promote a patient-focused approach.
The role also involves maintaining a safe and clean clinical environment, delivering high standards of perioperative care, and ensuring accurate patient documentation while respecting confidentiality. Practitioners will work rotational shifts, including nights and weekends, and may be required to deputize for the Team Leader. Applicants must adhere to NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies, be proactive in addressing patient needs, and contribute to resource management and departmental improvements. Due to anticipated high application volumes, candidates are encouraged to apply promptly.
The role also involves maintaining a safe and clean clinical environment, delivering high standards of perioperative care, and ensuring accurate patient documentation while respecting confidentiality. Practitioners will work rotational shifts, including nights and weekends, and may be required to deputize for the Team Leader. Applicants must adhere to NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies, be proactive in addressing patient needs, and contribute to resource management and departmental improvements. Due to anticipated high application volumes, candidates are encouraged to apply promptly.
Meaningful Impact, The role allows practitioners to make a significant difference in patient care and outcomes in a dynamic theatre environment.
Professional Development, Opportunities to enhance skills in a variety of surgical procedures and patient care techniques, promoting continuous personal and professional growth.
Collaborative Team Environment, Work alongside a multidisciplinary team, enhancing teamwork and communication skills while contributing to a supportive workplace culture.
High Standards of Care, Commitment to evidence-based practice and quality improvement ensures a rewarding professional experience focused on patient health and wellbeing.
Variety of Responsibilities, The role involves diverse tasks, from scrub duties to recovery assessments, ensuring no two days are the same and keeping the work engaging.
Competitive Salary, The position offers a competitive salary range of £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, reflecting the importance and responsibility of the role.
Shift Flexibility, Working rotational shifts provides opportunities to manage work-life balance, with coverage including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Job Title: Scrub and Recovery Practitioner - Theatres
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Closing Date: 17th February 2025
Interview Date: 27th February 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Are you a dedicated healthcare professional looking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic theatre department? We are seeking a skilled Band 5 Registered Practitioner to join our team. This role requires a broad knowledge and skill base, including excellent communication and teamwork abilities, to contribute to the smooth running of our theatre department. We have an exciting opportunity for a Scrub and Recovery Practitioner to join our Operating Theatres department.
Being sensitive to our patients and staff needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and always ensuring a friendly environment.
- Carry out scrub duties according to policies and procedures, contributing to quality improvement, and promoting best evidence-based practice. 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. 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.
- Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate care using the ABC approach for patients within recovery. Monitor physiological parameters, respond to changing patient needs, and ensure the safe administration of intravenous drugs. Your ability to react swiftly to sudden changes in patient condition will be critical.
- Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one's own abilities and limitations.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
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- Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts Policies and guidelines
- Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base. Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected. Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.
- Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift. Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising ones own abilities and limitations. To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
- Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients and contribute to cost improvement programmes. Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management. Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations. Ensure that adequate skill mix is available to meet the needs of the patients. If deficits are unavoidable, contact the appropriate Senior Staff for support.
- Ensure that concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues are resolved where possible and reported to the Team Leader / Senior Team Leader. Deputise for the Team Leader as and when necessary.
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