Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 359-BANK13529
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £17.68 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Theatre Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a theatre practitioner looking for a new role? Will only the best do for you and your patients? You were made for us.
We are currently looking for driven, methodical and highly motivated registered practitioners to join our operating theatre departments.
Whether you are a registered nurse, Operating Department practitioner or a paediatric nurse looking for a change or to gain experience with more complex and specialist surgery and anaesthetic, we want to hear from you.
You will bring a wide range of experience and specialist knowledge to this role, and be committed providing the highest standard of individualised, holistic patient centred care within the multi-disciplinary team. You will be ready to lead by example, show exemplary communications skills and manage the physical and mental demands of supporting our 22 theatres that cover a wide range of specialities.
Please state your preferred site of working in your supporting statement.
Main duties of the job
Tunbridge Wells at Pembury Hospital is the trust's ‘Hot site’ and runs both an elective and emergency service. It comprises 11 theatres covering a wide range of specialities: Orthopaedics (Elective & Trauma), CEPOD, Gynaecology, Major Colorectal Surgery, Day case Upper GI, Urology, Breast, Obstetrics, Ophthalmic, ENT and Paediatric Orthopaedics & ENT.
Maidstone Hospital is the trust's ‘Cold Site’ and covers a wide range of specialities with a focus on elective surgery – including Urology, Gynaecology, Oncology Gynaecology, Upper GI, Breast, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics. We do perform emergency Urology and Ophthalmology surgery, and remain on standby for any complications.
Our patients deserve the best and the well-being of our staff is the key to our success. We will work with you to help you achieve your career goals and will help you strike the right work-life balance, allowing us to meet the needs of our services as well as those of you and your family.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1/RNA: Adult nurse, level 1 (Registered Nurse – Adult)
- RN8/RNC: Children's nurse, level 1 (Registered Nurse – Child)
- RSCN part 8 or 15 C&G 752/ODP NVQ level 3 Diploma/Degree
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Specialist Course - Theatre/Anaesthetic
- First assistance course
- Prep for mentors or equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of clinical issues within Theatre Department
- Experience in one of the following Theatre/recovery/anaesthetics
Desirable criteria
- Experience in 2 or more areas. i.e. recovery/scrub
Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist clinical skills
- Assesses patients & their care needs
Desirable criteria
- Experience to take delegated responsibility i.e. running a list
- Organisational skills
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
- Princy Noble
- Job title
- Lead Theatre Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07883964952
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