Theatre Practitioner - Acute Team
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: York
Contract type: Full time
We are looking for an experienced scrub practitioner with a minimum of 2 years theatre experience, to join our acute operating theatre team in York hospital.
Our acute operating theatre team covers 365 days of the year 24 hours a day. They are responsible for treating patients with acute and life-threatening injuries and illnesses, from across our region.
The surgical specialties covered by the acute team include Maxillofacial, ENT, Gynaecology, Urology, Vascular, Upper GI, Colorectal, Breast, Plastics and Trauma. To apply you must be an experienced theatre practitioner with scrub experience in some or all of these specialties.
You will be given a 6 week supernumerary period and will work with our clinical educators to gain experience and training in any specialties you are not familiar with, and complete a skills book to demonstrate this.
In Addition To Scrub Experience, You Should Show
The minimum hours available are 34.5 hrs (3 shifts a week).
Our Benefits
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lynne Neal Job title: Theatre Team leader Email address: [email protected]
Our acute operating theatre team covers 365 days of the year 24 hours a day. They are responsible for treating patients with acute and life-threatening injuries and illnesses, from across our region.
The surgical specialties covered by the acute team include Maxillofacial, ENT, Gynaecology, Urology, Vascular, Upper GI, Colorectal, Breast, Plastics and Trauma. To apply you must be an experienced theatre practitioner with scrub experience in some or all of these specialties.
You will be given a 6 week supernumerary period and will work with our clinical educators to gain experience and training in any specialties you are not familiar with, and complete a skills book to demonstrate this.
In Addition To Scrub Experience, You Should Show
- Passion, enthusiasm and commitment to provide patient centred care.
- A positive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research evidence.
- A willingness to supervise and teach junior staff and colleagues and share learning through clinical supervision.
- The ability to work as an integral member of the team.
- Have a can-do attitude.
- Be adaptable and able to prioritise workload
- Maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and procedures
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment
- Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept.
- Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
- Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient
- Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct
- Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands
- Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures
- Education and Training
The minimum hours available are 34.5 hrs (3 shifts a week).
Our Benefits
- We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lynne Neal Job title: Theatre Team leader Email address: [email protected]
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