Job summary
We are looking for a dedicated Theatre Scrub Practitioner who is willing to contribute to the further development of the theatre suite. You will form a vital part of the Operating Department team, delivering exceptional and compassionate care to patients in the Riverside Clinic. You will be a valued and fundamental part of the team, caring for patients undergoing day-surgery procedures and expected to promote the highest levels of quality healthcare.
Main duties of the job
- As a Theatre Scrub Practitioner, you will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary theatre team
providing a high standard of nursing care and safety for patients within the theatre unit.
- You will also actively contribute to the maintenance of an environment that is
conducive to the delivery and promotion of a high standard of patient care.
- You will help with the
development and implementation of Nursing Guidelines/Policies to ensure best
practice and evidenced based care.
About us
We're an independent healthcare provider, with established roots in muscular-skeletal health and diagnostics, founded by expert NHS clinicians who recognised a way to improve things.
Our approach means that whether it's speed, flexibility, efficiency or quality, every aspect has been carefully considered to surpass expectations. This is why we've been a trusted partner of the NHS for over ten years, and the provider of choice for countless private patients.
We work with integrity. When it comes to collaboratively delivering care, relationships are key. Whether we're interacting with each other, our partners or our patients, we're always open and honest. Every key decision is based on clear process and informed by evidence.
We act with empathy. Everyone who is here, is here because they care about people. We always try and put ourselves in the shoes of whomever we're interacting with and treat people with compassion and consideration.
We inspire with passion. It's hard work, but we absolutely love what we do. There's no room for a half-hearted approach to healthcare, it requires dedication, and that's what everyone here has. A Healthshare employee is enthusiastic, with a verve and panache that inspires others around them.
Benefits
25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
Private Healthcare (Employer paid)
Company Pension Scheme
Life Assurance
Blue Light Card
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate is expected to:
- Deliver a consistently high standard of patient care utilizing evidence-based practice
- Assessing, planning, delivering and implementing excellent perioperative patient care.
- Prepare equipment and instruments according to operating list requirement, as well as being actively involved in contributing to Surgeons preference cards and organizing provision of sets and instruments.
- Ensure all equipment is checked prior to use and any faults reported to the Theatre Co-coordinator immediately.
- Preparing, checking and sending used sets and instruments back to Sterile Services for cleaning and processing, and also to receive and scan in clean sets and instruments returning to the clinic.
- Prepare and support surgical patients for procedures under Local/Regional Anaesthetics.
- Participate fully as a team member, including working in all areas of the theatre suite, sharing knowledge and information, supporting colleagues, promoting cohesive team work and working together to achieve clinical objectives.
- Maintain their own E-Learning training and ensuring they are compliant in all mandatory modules.
Key Working Relationships
- At Healthshare, we recognize and value our staff as unique and individual. We believe in treating our staff and patients with respect, kindness, compassion and will act with absolute honesty, integrity, fairness and trust. The patient is at the heart of everything we do. Theatre Scrub Nurse Practitioners are expected to demonstrate and practice these key values.
- You will also actively participate as a member of a team to move towards completion of tasks, goals, and objectives; demonstrate leadership and help others to be the best they can within the remit of the role.
- You will be expected to deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results. This will include working or liaising with other departments within the clinics.
- Actively participate in the ordering, cleaning and processing of surgical sets, instruments and consumables.
Management duties and responsibilities
- To work with other members of the Theatre team to ensure that operating lists run smoothly, safely and efficiently.
- All Cleaning and Regular checks are undertaken of equipment, trolleys and medications and are recorded and signed for.
- That all issues and concerns are proactively managed and communicated to the Theatre Lead.
Patient Pathway Planning
- Able to demonstrate good Theatre scrub technique to ensure safety, good practice and patient care.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in some of the surgical specialties we undertake at the Clinic.
- Ensuring patient privacy, dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- Ability to competently work in theatres, providing support to the Surgeon to maintain a positive patient experience.
- To ensure all information regarding each surgical procedure is documented accurately and recorded in the Theatre Register, and electronically.
- Document all instructions for post-operative care.
- Liaise and communicate with the Surgeon, Anaesthetist, and Theatre team and ward staff as and when necessary regarding Patient Care.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Be able to identify all key monitoring required for each individual patient and the procedure that they have received.
- Identify issues, voice concerns and be proactive in raising them with Theatre Lead and completing incident reports where necessary.
- Communicate with Theatre Team Lead on a regular basis to ensure the smooth running of the operating theatre unit.
- Raise and voice any concerns regarding Patient care.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Be able to identify all key monitoring required for each individual patient and the procedure that they have received.
- Identify issues, voice concerns and be proactive in raising them with Theatre Lead and completing incident reports where necessary.
- Communicate with Theatre Team Lead on a regular basis to ensure the smooth running of the operating theatre unit.
- Raise and voice any concerns regarding Patient care.
Confidentiality and Safeguarding
- The candidate will make sure that no confidential
information is disclosed (including information about patients and colleagues)
to any unauthorised person.
- The candidate will be aware of the key issues in
safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. Reporting safeguarding concerns to
appropriate professionals and recording incidents accurately.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate is expected to:
- Deliver a consistently high standard of patient care utilizing evidence-based practice
- Assessing, planning, delivering and implementing excellent perioperative patient care.
- Prepare equipment and instruments according to operating list requirement, as well as being actively involved in contributing to Surgeons preference cards and organizing provision of sets and instruments.
- Ensure all equipment is checked prior to use and any faults reported to the Theatre Co-coordinator immediately.
- Preparing, checking and sending used sets and instruments back to Sterile Services for cleaning and processing, and also to receive and scan in clean sets and instruments returning to the clinic.
- Prepare and support surgical patients for procedures under Local/Regional Anaesthetics.
- Participate fully as a team member, including working in all areas of the theatre suite, sharing knowledge and information, supporting colleagues, promoting cohesive team work and working together to achieve clinical objectives.
- Maintain their own E-Learning training and ensuring they are compliant in all mandatory modules.
Key Working Relationships
- At Healthshare, we recognize and value our staff as unique and individual. We believe in treating our staff and patients with respect, kindness, compassion and will act with absolute honesty, integrity, fairness and trust. The patient is at the heart of everything we do. Theatre Scrub Nurse Practitioners are expected to demonstrate and practice these key values.
- You will also actively participate as a member of a team to move towards completion of tasks, goals, and objectives; demonstrate leadership and help others to be the best they can within the remit of the role.
- You will be expected to deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results. This will include working or liaising with other departments within the clinics.
- Actively participate in the ordering, cleaning and processing of surgical sets, instruments and consumables.
Management duties and responsibilities
- To work with other members of the Theatre team to ensure that operating lists run smoothly, safely and efficiently.
- All Cleaning and Regular checks are undertaken of equipment, trolleys and medications and are recorded and signed for.
- That all issues and concerns are proactively managed and communicated to the Theatre Lead.
Patient Pathway Planning
- Able to demonstrate good Theatre scrub technique to ensure safety, good practice and patient care.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in some of the surgical specialties we undertake at the Clinic.
- Ensuring patient privacy, dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- Ability to competently work in theatres, providing support to the Surgeon to maintain a positive patient experience.
- To ensure all information regarding each surgical procedure is documented accurately and recorded in the Theatre Register, and electronically.
- Document all instructions for post-operative care.
- Liaise and communicate with the Surgeon, Anaesthetist, and Theatre team and ward staff as and when necessary regarding Patient Care.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Be able to identify all key monitoring required for each individual patient and the procedure that they have received.
- Identify issues, voice concerns and be proactive in raising them with Theatre Lead and completing incident reports where necessary.
- Communicate with Theatre Team Lead on a regular basis to ensure the smooth running of the operating theatre unit.
- Raise and voice any concerns regarding Patient care.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Be able to identify all key monitoring required for each individual patient and the procedure that they have received.
- Identify issues, voice concerns and be proactive in raising them with Theatre Lead and completing incident reports where necessary.
- Communicate with Theatre Team Lead on a regular basis to ensure the smooth running of the operating theatre unit.
- Raise and voice any concerns regarding Patient care.
Confidentiality and Safeguarding
- The candidate will make sure that no confidential
information is disclosed (including information about patients and colleagues)
to any unauthorised person.
- The candidate will be aware of the key issues in
safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. Reporting safeguarding concerns to
appropriate professionals and recording incidents accurately.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Further professional training/qualifications in specialist area
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate motivation to perform well in the role
- Patient centred in all aspects whilst acting as a patient advocate
- Flexible/ Adaptable
- Ability to accept feedback/ Aware of limitations
- Ability to cope with high pressures and stressful environments within area of theatres.
- Ability to work full shift pattern, including weekend to support the needs of the service
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical experience in relevant areas: Ophthalmic, General, Podiatry, Pain management.
- Ability to use pre-registration experience to demonstrate understanding of the relevant settings
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge and experience in a range of surgical specialities, including General, Pain Management, Podiatry and Ophthalmic.
- Experience of working in a similar role.
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Flexible approach to work and the willingness to work in other areas within the Operating Department, such as Recovery.
- BLS
- Proven clinical skills in theatres.
- Evidence of self-development within specialty.
- Knowledge of HCPC/NMC codes of conduct.
- Awareness of current NHS situation.
- Evidence of commitment to patient care initiatives
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Evidence of working co-operatively within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to make decisions, organize and prioritize.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Further professional training/qualifications in specialist area
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate motivation to perform well in the role
- Patient centred in all aspects whilst acting as a patient advocate
- Flexible/ Adaptable
- Ability to accept feedback/ Aware of limitations
- Ability to cope with high pressures and stressful environments within area of theatres.
- Ability to work full shift pattern, including weekend to support the needs of the service
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical experience in relevant areas: Ophthalmic, General, Podiatry, Pain management.
- Ability to use pre-registration experience to demonstrate understanding of the relevant settings
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge and experience in a range of surgical specialities, including General, Pain Management, Podiatry and Ophthalmic.
- Experience of working in a similar role.
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Flexible approach to work and the willingness to work in other areas within the Operating Department, such as Recovery.
- BLS
- Proven clinical skills in theatres.
- Evidence of self-development within specialty.
- Knowledge of HCPC/NMC codes of conduct.
- Awareness of current NHS situation.
- Evidence of commitment to patient care initiatives
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Evidence of working co-operatively within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to make decisions, organize and prioritize.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
