Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Surgeons Assistant

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Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated professional to work within the Surgeons Assistant team trust wide to provide safe and efficient care to our patients within the specialist area of Orthopaedics.

You will be expected to have in-depth knowledge of theatre standards and protocols and to adhere to them on a daily basis.

If required you will have a comprehensive training package including IRMER training supported by the trusts Advanced Surgical Practitioners and Consultants .

Annex 20

This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.

For further information on Annex 20, please see:

http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-16-to-20/annex-20-development-of-professional-roles

Main duties of the job

Working within the surgical assistant team to provide support to the orthopaedic service trust wide.

To provide high quality care alongside theatre teams ensuring safe patient positioning , maintain skin integrity of patients , safe manipulation of surgical instruments and to deliver high standards of surgical assistant support when required.

To ensure safe and high quality preparation and monitoring of the environment and maintenance of equipment including operating tables and specialist aids.

To report incidents and escalate causes for concern through the appropriate processes.

Working with, and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application

Date posted

21 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £27,596 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5568693KD

Job locations

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Road

Hexham

NE46 1QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Prepare the clinical area for the peri-operative patient
Prepare equipment as required
Sets up equipment required for the surgical procedure
Assist in positioning patients for surgical procedures.
Priorities and organizes own workload
Surgery specific skills obtained through competency attainment
Highly developed specific operating assisting skills
Hand/eye co-ordination required when using equipment
Undertake a limited number of surgical tasks under direct supervision.
Keyboard and IT skills

Job description

Job responsibilities

Prepare the clinical area for the peri-operative patient
Prepare equipment as required
Sets up equipment required for the surgical procedure
Assist in positioning patients for surgical procedures.
Priorities and organizes own workload
Surgery specific skills obtained through competency attainment
Highly developed specific operating assisting skills
Hand/eye co-ordination required when using equipment
Undertake a limited number of surgical tasks under direct supervision.
Keyboard and IT skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification

Desirable

ECDL or equivalent

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification

Desirable

ECDL or equivalent

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Road

Hexham

NE46 1QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Road

Hexham

NE46 1QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)