Theatre Operating Department Practitioner/ Scrub Nurse - AnaestheticsinOswestryinOswestryPUBLISHED THU 30 JAN 2025
The hospital, which specializes in elective Orthopaedic surgery, offers opportunities for practitioners to rotate between anaesthetics, scrub, and recovery. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing procedures, mentor new staff, and participate in audits and service improvements. The role requires adherence to professional development and management of resources, creating a supportive environment for both patients and staff. Applications are encouraged from individuals requiring Skilled Worker Sponsorship, as all candidates will be evaluated fairly based on their qualifications.
Do you want to work for a Trust that is rated outstanding for its care and delivers the best patient experience in the NHS (according to the Adult Inpatient Survey)?Now is your chance, as we are recruiting for a range of exciting clinical roles.
We would like to invite experienced theatre nurses and ODPs, newly-qualified nurses and ODP (who will be joining their professional register within the next 12 months) and experienced nurses wishing to pursue a career within the peri-operative environment, to come and join us at this exciting time at RJAH Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We have vacancies available right now at our world leading specialist hospital, with rotational opportunities across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery.
Our theatre practitioners provide high quality care within a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary environment.
**Please note we are unable to support applicants who require OSCE, as the Trust has a separate and limited application process**
The Theatre Unit at RJAH comprises of 12 Theatres alongside a Recovery unit, a HDU and an on-site TSSU. We cover a wide spectrum of primarily elective Orthopaedic surgery including, but not exclusively, Revision & Primary Arthroplasty, Upper limb, Lower Limb, Sports Injuries, Spines, Tumour and Paediatrics.
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To ensure safe quality care is provided for patients within the Unit as Trust and Unit policy.
Manage the team as a team leader, participating as an active member of the scrub and circulating team in a designated highly specialist area without supervision as appropriate using all forms of knowledge, skills and experience required in order to be able to undertake the duties competently such as check the instruments and implants for the list and any other equipment that is necessary.
To demonstrate a high level of communication and relationship skills promoting and maintaining effective liaison throughout the Unit team and with the wider multidisciplinary team.
Support the Co-ordinator in the effective and efficient management of the unit to include liaising with Recovery about amendments or changes to list (this will affect availability of instruments), informing all relevant members of the team and the Co-ordinator of the above.
To organise the multidisciplinary staff allocated to your control on a daily basis.
Be responsible for ensuring own Theatre list runs smoothly and safely; this involves extensive co-operation and communication with the whole multidisciplinary team.
Ensure the Health and Safety of all staff, patients and visitors, reporting all incidents/accidents/near misses to the Co-ordinator as a Team Leader. You will also be responsible for documenting and monitoring the safe use of all equipment (some of which is expensive and requires skill/training to use), and economic use of supplies.
To maintain an understanding of and adhere to all Trust and Unit policies and procedures and ensure attendance of mandatory annual training e.g. Fire, Manual Handling, CPR etc.
To have an understanding of Risk Management.
To enhance patient care by ensuring effective assessment of patients needs, this includes making complex decisions on issues surrounding surgical emergencies/problems requiring immediate action and co-ordinating the requirements of specialist surgery out of hours, using and developing extensive knowledge and skills underpinned by theoretical knowledge or relevant practical experience across all sub-specialisations of orthopaedic surgery, carried out within the Trust.
Be responsible for delivering personal patient programmes of care and for continual assessment, evaluation and updating of same.
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