Experienced Obstetrics Scrub Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.0 Clinical

1.1 Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts policies and guidelines.

1.2 Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.

1.3 Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.

1.4 Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected.

1.5 Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.

1.6 Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.

1.7 Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.

1.8 Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising ones own abilities and limitations.

1.9 To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.

2.0 Managerial

2.1 Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients and contribute to cost improvement programmes.

2.2 Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management.

2.3 Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations.

2.4 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.

2.5 Ensure that concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues are resolved where possible and reported to the Team Leader / Senior Team Leader Our vision is to EXCEL at patient care

2.6 Deputise for the Team Leader, as and when necessary.

3.0 Educational and Training

3.1 Have a positive attitude to continuing professional development to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective preoperative practice.

3.2 Participate in Trust Appraisal System

3.3 Possess a clear understanding of Clinical Governance in relation to standards of care, support of colleagues and audit of given care.

3.4 Participate in the utilisation, evaluation and conduct of audit and research.

3.5 Contribute to and evaluate the implantation of new ideas and innovations within the Theatre areas.

3.6 Promote a professional image by acting as a role model to others, provide and participate in clinical supervision. Act as a source of advice and support for other colleagues.

3.7 Contribute to preceptoring, mentoring and assessing of colleagues and students in placement.

4.0 Professional

4.1 Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of any Professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.

4.2 Ensure that Revalidation requirements for NMC/HCPC Registration are adhered.

4.3 Ensures current registration with NMC/HCPC

4.4 To act as an ambassador for the clinical environment promoting a professional image of a Theatre Practitioner role.

5.0 Human Resources

5.1 Assist senior colleagues with duty rostering

5.2 Having an awareness of skill mix and its appropriateness in maintaining service

Relationships

Internal:

All theatre staff

All HSDU staff

Patients and their relatives and carers

Surgeons and Anaesthetist staff

Ward and other departmental staff

External:

Representatives from appropriate firms and companies.

Special Requirements

Provide on-call/stand-by cover as necessitated by departmental needs

During night duty, may be required to call in a second team.

Pre-check the operating lists (all specialties competent in), to ensure that any special prosthesis required have been ordered.

Be able to cannulate and administer intravenous drugs.

Be able to catheterise patients.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• oSignificant Experience Scrub Practitioner within Obstetrics
• oStrong knowledge of obstetric instrumentation and surgical techniques
• oAbility to anticipate the needs of the surgical team and maintain a safe, efficient surgical site
• oExcellent understanding of Infection Control, patient safety and perioperative standards
• oStrong organisational and time management skills
• oRegistered General Nurse and / or Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• oRecovery experience
• oProvide and receive complex and sensitive information, understanding the barriers to effective communication

Desirable

• oMentoring & Assessing Qualification
• oAbility to have positive working relationships
• oAble to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise
• oAbility to work under pressure to meet demand
• oEnthusiastic

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot NHS Trust Hospital

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)