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Job summary

Main area
Mixed speciality
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (includes weekend working. Full and part time hours considered.)
Job ref
156-6347281-A
Employer
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Austell Hospital
Town
St Austell
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Theatre Practitioner ODP/RN - Scrub/Anaesthetics/Recovery.

Band 5

Job overview

Scrub, Recovery, Anaesthetics - all considered. Full and part time hours available.

We are looking for all aspects of theatre roles scrub, anaesthetics and recovery practitioners ODP/RN including admission and discharge roles. 

If you are enthusiastic, motivated and looking for an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team of dedicated staff then this unique opportunity to work in a new specialist elective surgical hospital in the beautiful county of Cornwall could be for you! Experience of working in an operating department is desirable but not essential. Full training and support will be given and we offer many opportunities for further career progression.

The Royal Cornwall Trust is spread across three sites; the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance and St Michaels’ Hospital in Hayle, with this new Hub in place in St Austell, where you will be based. It has two day case operating theatres. and is home to a mixed speciality.

You will be working with multi-disciplinary colleagues as a member of the core theatre team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the provision of skilled and knowledgeable assistance to operating surgeons and surgical teams during the full intraoperative pathway. Delivering high quality patient care with the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programs of care. They are expected to take delegated responsibility in a given shift for a surgical operating list and a group of patients.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high quality care and the management of patients during procedures performed under general, regional and local anaesthetic. The post holder will be expected to have a wide range of surgical skills scrub skills and specialty based knowledge to support surgical practice in a multi-specialty environment.

The post holder will be required to develop knowledge and skills in the use of specialist equipment and potentially provide support to areas outside their base operating department in the safe and effective delivery of surgical procedures.

Individual practitioners will be required to participate in a full rostered rota.

Working for our organisation

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target.  All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side 

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: 

  • Identity Checks  

  • Professional registration and qualification checks  

  • Employment history and reference checks  

  • Work health assessments  

  • Criminal record check standards  

  • Right to work checks  

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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants. 

We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity. 

Person specification

Theatres Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous Theatre Experience
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant Theatre extended roles - BLS, Cell salvage, ILS,

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • On the NMC / HCPC register
Desirable criteria
  • Current qualification at degree level or working towards

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 1 year theatre experience
  • Knowledge of patient journey within the Peri-Operative setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within mixed surgical specialities
  • Multi skilled Practitioner - Anaesthetics/ Recovery/ Theatre Scrub

Skills

Essential criteria
  • BLS
Desirable criteria
  • ILS

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anneka Southworth
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07795 389831
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