St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dual Role Practitioner (St Helens)

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit a dynamic Dual Role Theatre Practitioner to join our highly skilled teams here at St Helens Day Case theatre department. The managerial structure consists of a Day Case Matron, two dedicated Band 7 Day Case Leads and several Team Leaders, covering a wide range of surgical specialities.

The successful candidate must be an enthusiastic person to join our friendly and professional team in our eight, fully equipped day case theatres.

The post holder will be expected to actively support the dedicated multi-disciplinary team within the Operating Theatre environment, working within a wide variety of surgical specialties. You must have excellent communication skills, and be flexible in working shifts, as per a rota system. The post holder may be required to work across both Whiston and St Helens sites but will be based at the St Helens site. This is a Day Case Unit; therefore, the applicant will not be required to work night shifts or participate in the on-call system. The applicant will be flexible working weekends (currently Saturdays only) and participate in rotation between specialties.

The position will be based in St Helens theatres which is a Day Case Unit where we consider flexible working requests and have a dedicated education team and clinical practice lead on site to support them in the role.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to actively support the dedicated multi-disciplinary team within the Theatres environment, working within a wide variety of surgical specialties.

The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills. You must be flexible in working shifts and weekend, as per a rota system.

We are pleased to inform you that the plans for St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust to come together as one new organisation have now been formally approved by the Secretary of State. Our new Trust will be called Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and will officially launch on Saturday 1st July 2023.

Any applicants who secure an offer of employment and/ or are due to commence their new role from 1st July 2023 onwards are advised that their conditional offer and contract of employment will be issued as per our normal recruitment process but will be under the new name of the organisation. All the details of the offers of employment and contracts of employment will remain as advertised and these changes will not affect your employment with us.

About us

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
SAFETY that is of the highest standards
COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.

Date posted

04 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-5292137-A

Job locations

St Helens

WA9 3DA

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

Ensure clinical practice complies with the Trust Policies and Procedures.

To participate in the preparation of theatre prior to the list, ensuring all equipment is clean and available for use.

To assist in the safe positioning of patients in theatre, as per the trust policy.

To support the scrub/ Anaesthetic team during procedures, anticipating their requirements.

To assist the scrub practitioner to prepare for the cases

To participate in swab and instrument checks.

To safely dispose of clinical waste and sharps as per trust policy.

To Handle and prepare specimens, ensuring correct labelling and packaging for transportation to the laboratory.

To assist in the documentation of patients records both written and electronic in accordance with the trust policy.

Teach circulating duties to all new grades of staff

To answer bleeps and phones and relay messages

To clean and check patients trolleys daily.

Transfer patients from wards and departments to theatre and return.

Deliver specimens to pathology each morning

Collect or return blood and blood products from pathology.

Assist with collection and removal of rubbish and linen to appropriate collection points.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Acting as a role model within the clinical working area and to present a professional image which inspires confidence and trust in the delivery of care.

At all times to act as the patients advocate, by considering their individual physical and psychological needs, whilst providing and maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

To participate in out of hours service as service needs demand.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES

To attend regular mandatory update training, fire lectures, moving and handling and resuscitation training within the requirements of the Trusts health and safety policy.

To promote an environment within ones own work area that is conducive to learning.

To actively develop own learning and develop clinical skills required to provide a high standard of Care.

To support learners in the area as own skills develop. Assist in the training programmes developed for individuals undergoing training in your work area.

GENERAL DUTIES

To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.

To actively participate in the annual performance review to identify personal development needs

To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.

To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. They must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work and the Trust corporate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures. You are required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions to avoid actions.

To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott Principles.

The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.

All staff will be treated with respect by management, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally staff will treat management, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Staff will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.

You will be expected to undertake the Trusts commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that the record keeping is contemporaneous

In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the post holder will actively participate in the prevention and control of infection within the capacity of their role. The Act requires the post holder to attend infection prevention and control training on induction and at regular updates and to take responsibility for the practical application of the training in the course of their work. Infection prevention and control must be included in any personal development plan and/or appraisal.

To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)

The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be cross site.

The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive.

The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trusts continued organisational development.

To adhere to the NHS Constitution and its principles and values. You must be aware of your Duty of Candour which means that you must be open and honest during your employment and if you see something wrong, you must raise it. You must read the NHS Constitution in full and can download this from the Trusts intranet site or the www.gov.uk website. Hard copies are available from the HR Department on request.

The Trust is a non-smoking site. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.