Theatre Staff Nurse/ ODP in Worthing inWorthing PUBLISHED MON 6 JAN 2025 Jump to job information section

We are welcoming applications for a dynamic and motivated registered practitioner to join our teams at Worthing and Southlands theatres.

This is an ideal opportunity for a band 5 practitioner to advance their clinical skills, leadership and support the lead practitioner.

We are looking to offer positions on a rotation pathway across Ophthalmology, Day Surgery and Main Theatres.

• Work within the multidisciplinary team in order to help achieve a high standard of patient care
• Contribute to good working relationships with all disciplines both within and outside the department
• Participate in regular staff meetings
• Ensure that the patient is treated with empathy and respect at all times
• Provide support and advocacy to the patient throughout their stay
• Participate in the promotion of the units philosophy
• Protect patient confidentiality and act according to the Data protection Act
• Answer the telephone in a professional manner, communicating any messages or queries to the correct practitioners.
• Be a skilled circulating and scrub practitioner and participate in the monitoring of the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care.

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• Be a skilled circulating and scrub practitioner and participate in the monitoring of the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care
• Be a skilled recovery practitioner as needed and participate in the monitoring of the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care
• Assisting all members of the theatre/recovery team as needed
• Accurately enter patients details in the theatre register and on the theatre computer system
• Assist in the setting up of theatres/recovery; checking equipment and instruments for the session, liaising with the person in charge
• Maintain stock levels in theatres/recovery
• Assisting with the daily checks in theatres/recovery
• Assist as delegated in an emergency situation
• Operate complex medical devices and troubleshooting
• Supporting learners and new starters
• Processing the collection of complex specimens, ensuring accurate documentation
• Being part of complex procedures requiring two circulating or scrub practitioners, managing additional equipment and resources
• Work in environments with radioactive waste/x-ray and manage the risks