Job summary
- Main area
- Operating Department
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 430-SURG1286A
- Employer
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Theatres (Dept)
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/08/2024
Employer heading
Senior Theatre Practitioner
Band 6
MKUH staff scored highest for ‘I look forward to coming to work’ (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Free on-site parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Discounted gym membership
- Lease car scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- On site nursery (chargeable)
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Job overview
Senior Theatre Practitioner: Theatres
Band 6, full time, 37.5 hours per week
Are you an aspiring Band 6 Theatre Practitioner looking to work in busy and challenging operating department? We would love you to come and join our fantastic Theatre Team at Milton Keynes University NHS Hospital. We are looking for experienced staff to join our Emergency and General teams.
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium sized, level 2 trauma facility, comprising approximately 500 beds.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Theatre Practitioner, to join our team within the busy operating department. Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) consists of 12 theatres and 2 recovery areas, over two sites within the hospital.
We cover a range of specialities including trauma and orthopaedic, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, obstetrics, ENT and ophthalmology.
At MKUHFT there are exciting opportunities to train to be part of our Surgical teams performing procures with the use of the Versius Surgical Robot.
Milton Keynes was one of the first Trusts in the country to use this innovative system that enables clinicians to perform complex procedures with reduced impact on our patients resulting in faster recovery times, less time in hospital and a reduced risk of infections in Colorectal, General Surgery and Gynaecology.
Interview date:14th August 2024.
Main duties of the job
This is a 37.5 hour a week full-time post covering 24 hours/7 days a week service and will therefore involve internal rotation between day and night shifts and on-call shifts. You will be given a rotation plan to ensure you maintain competencies in 2 or 3 areas of practice to support your professional development. Multi-skilled ODPs with current experience are encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to work alongside our outstanding teams within the operating departments. You are expected to work to high standards and maintain clinical excellence within the operating theatres, providing excellent care to all patients visiting the department. Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
Working for our organisation
MKUH staff scored highest for ‘I look forward to coming to work’ (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Manage overall responsibility of the running of specific clinical theatre list within a given day, including organising resources [to include staff] and dealing with emergency requests, re-establishing priorities as required to meet service needs.
- Act as team leader undertaking delegated tasks from Senior Team Leader / Manager to include PDR, sickness and performance management.
- When allocated act as the daily co-ordinator for the department [Phase 1] in and out of hours.
- Act as a role model to other staff.
- Assist with staff rotas.
- Assess, develop, implement and evaluate patient care when receiving the patient into the theatre environment, whilst supporting the patient through invasive procedures and during handover at the completion of the anaesthetic/surgical procedure. Be able to deal with more complex cases such as paediatric patients (6 months onwards) and able to assist with difficult airways (awake fibre optic intubations)
- Prepare, assemble and check theatre and anaesthetic equipment, planning and organising their own time and that of junior staff. Ensuring the provision of equipment and stock for procedures planned for the coming week, troubleshooting potential issues as required
- Assist the anaesthetist by anticipating and organising the intubation equipment and have highly skilled knowledge of anaesthetic and emergency drugs demonstrating a professional understanding of their effects and side effects. assisting the anaesthetist to deliver expert care to ensure the safety and well being of our patients.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 Operating Department Practice OR Registered General Nurse OR DipHE Operating
- Department Practice OR accredited additional qualification in anaesthetic practice equivalent to AAGBI
- Mentorship course
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of degree level study
- Able to demonstrate a good level of understanding and skill of paediatric anaesthetics
- First Line Management Course/Team Leadership course or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in the theatre environment
- Experience of mentoring students
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to people with widely varying levels of understanding
- Ability to assess patients and plan, organise and evaluate their care
- Ability to manage own workload and that of junior staff
- Ability to work with high levels of physical skill
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Ability to assess patients as fit for transfer
- Ability to organize the ongoing provision of staff, kit and disposables
- Ability to help develop and implement new policies and procedures
Personal and people development
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated
- Acts as a role model
- Has a flexible attitude
- Encourages and develops juniors and trainees
- Has good organizational skills
Communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent and accurate written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to people with widely varying levels of understanding
Specific requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Burge
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Informal visits are encouraged to meet our team and get a feel for the great work we do.
Please contact either Fiona Burge at [email protected] or Marianne Woolfall on [email protected] for any further information.
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