Strive for the continuous improvements in the delivery of high-quality patient focused care.
To have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the Trust's vision and EXCEL values and behave in a way that reflects these.
Assist in the provision of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients in the perioperative environment.
Being sensitive to our patients and staff needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and always ensuring a friendly environment.
As skills develop, manage the Theatre area in the absence of the Team Leaders, maintain safe staffing levels, ensuring that polices are always adhered to, and the Senior Theatre team remain updated.
Assists the Professional Development Team in the management of preceptorship of newly qualified staff, return to practice staff and the mentorship of Nursing /ODP students and theatre support workers.,
Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts policies and guidelines.
Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected
* Managerial
* Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients and contribute to cost improvement programmes.
* Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management.
* Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations.
* Ensure that adequate skill mix is available to meet the needs of the patients. If deficits are unavoidable, contact the appropriate Senior Staff for support
* Educational and Training
* Have a positive attitude to continuing professional development to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective perioperative practice.
* Participate in Trust Appraisal System
* Possess a clear understanding of Clinical Governance in relation to standards of care, support of colleagues and audit of given care.
* Participate in the utilisation, evaluation and conduct of audit and research.
* Contribute to preceptoring, mentoring and assessing of colleagues and students in placement.
* Professional
* Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of any professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
* Ensure that Revalidation requirements for NMC/HCPC Registration are adhered
* Human Resources
* Assist senior colleagues with duty rostering
* Having an awareness of skill mix and its appropriateness in maintaining service needs
* Special Requirements
* Provide on-call/stand-by cover as necessitated by departmental needs
* During night duty, it may be required to call in a second team.
* Pre-check the operating lists (all specialties competent in), to ensure that any 'special' prosthesis required has been ordered.
* Provide cover for extra-theatre activities e.g. maternity, cardiac arrest team, trauma team, external transfers, x-ray,
* Be able to cannulate and administer intravenous drugs
* Be able to catheterise male and female patients.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
* The successful candidate will be an Experienced Orthopaedic Scrub Practitioner who must possess a sound knowledge and experience in Operating Theatres.
* You must be organised, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must be motivated and enthusiastic with a passion for high quality patient care, and the ability to work well under pressure and flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non‑elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke‑free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.
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