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Job summary

Main area
Perioperative and Critical Care
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent: Out of hours and on calls
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of hours and on calls)
Job ref
328-PCC-6323113-A
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 Per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

Band 5

Job overview

Applications are invited from competent, able practitioners who wish to provide dynamic support to the theatre Trauma and Orthopaedic team.

The operating department includes 16 in-patient theatres within the Division plus the Surgical Day Unit (3 GA theatres and Paediatric Day facility.

Trauma and Orthopaedic Scrub experience essential.

Out of hours and oncall cover required.

Main duties of the job

The theatres provide an operating service to the following clinical specialities: General Surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Obstetrics, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Maxilo-facial, Robotic Surgery, Neurosurgery, ENT and IVF.

There is also provision for 2 x dedicated emergency theatres and 2 x dedicated Trauma theatres within the complex.
The division is committed to staff development and offers an excellent competency based training package. Good communication and organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a team are essential to this post.

Working for our organisation

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the ‘about this job’ link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse with NMC or ODP with HCPC
  • Nursing Degree/Diploma or ODP qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Recognisable teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Elective Orthopaedic and Trauma scrub experience.
  • Experience working within an acute or community setting
  • Experience of Multi-disciplinary working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Natalie Pelling
Job title
Theatre Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 850850
Additional information

01642 850850 ext 55845

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