Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Newly Qualified - Theatre Practitioner

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Job summary

Band 5 - £29,970 - £36,483

Full time and part time hours available

Permanent contract

Are you in your final year of study? Are you completing a Adult Nursing Degree /Operating Department PracticeDegree and eager to build your career?

If so, we would love for you to come and start your journey with us at Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust Are you looking for an exciting & dynamic career opportunity where every day is different?

Queen Alexandra Hospital has a reputation as a dynamic and innovative place to work. The Theatres are leading the way in Robotic Surgery and have been established as a Worldwide Centre of Excellence. There are 29 modern, state-of-the-art theatres across 2 floors and 2 additional theatres that are located within the Maternity unit which undertake elective, emergency and trauma work for Adults, Paediatrics & Obstetric patient groups.

You are expected to upskill and rotate between 2 areas. In addition to this, Anaesthetic, Recovery & Scrub staff provide support to Maternity Theatres, Interventional Radiology, MRI & Gastro remote services. The service provides 24/7 cover and can offer a variety of shift patterns.

In more recent times, Theatre staff have rotated into Critical Care and there are also opportunities to develop skills in this area as part of ongoing development programme to build a more flexible workforce.

Main duties of the job

We aim to develop you once established within their primary clinical area, by facilitating rotational positions into at least 2 areas of Operating Department Practice (Recovery, Scrub and Anaesthetics).Opportunities may also be available to rotate into Critical Care for those who want to expand their skillset further.

We are always keen to recognise talent and offer the opportunity to advance in different specialties by encouraging rotation and the acquisition of new skills. We encourage our staff to undertake Leadership and Management courses and empower them to develop leadership skills as well as essential clinical-decision making skills to progress within the perioperative environment.

You will be supported by an enthusiastic team of staff to help you develop skills in caring for patients across a range of specialties. You will be given the opportunity to undertake a competency based training package and will be supported via the allocation of a suitable mentor and/or buddy system.We also have a number of dedicated Educational/Training mornings identified throughout the year and an excellent IT facility to support with on-line training.

To enable your development, we have a dedicated team of Practice Educators who are focused on delivering a meaningful and achievable Educational programme.

About us

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Date posted

22 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

REF1153T

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Cosham

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensuring high quality care is coordinated and delivered using a family focused model of practice.

Work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team ensuring patient care is delivered smoothly and efficiently.

Provide and deliver a high standard of evidence based nursing care through the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. Initiate and co-ordinate care in the clinical area for a specified groups of patients.

Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required.

Participate in the allocation of workload and ensure efficient bed management and effective patient flow.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensuring high quality care is coordinated and delivered using a family focused model of practice.

Work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team ensuring patient care is delivered smoothly and efficiently.

Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required.

Participate in the allocation of workload and ensure efficient bed management and effective patient flow.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current RN/AHP, registration with NMC/HcPC any other relevant post registration qualifications or Newly qualified RODPS or NQN's those about to qualify within the next 12 months
Evidence of study at Degree level /Experience in relevant field.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current RN/AHP, registration with NMC/HcPC any other relevant post registration qualifications or Newly qualified RODPS or NQN's those about to qualify within the next 12 months
Evidence of study at Degree level /Experience in relevant field.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).