This is an exciting opportunity to work within our flagship Ophthalmology Service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. In 2021 we opened our brand-new Eye Unit at Chorley Hospital.
The £17.5m investment in this new facility comprises of three purpose-built theatres, an outpatient department with more than 20 rooms, rapid eye assessment service and macular suite with two injection rooms.
The ophthalmology department provides a diagnostic and treatment services for patients with medical eye conditions.
We are looking for Scrub Practitioners who have a passion for providing high quality patient focused surgical care who have a flexible attitude towards work and a desire for new challenges. As a trust we are committed to the development of future healthcare professionals and theatres is pivotal to these trainees. As a qualified practitioner you would be expected to contribute to their development and support.
If you would like to be part of a forward thinking team in an ambitious teaching hospital with a dynamic and expanding ophthalmic department, please get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.
Our vision for theatres is to deliver first class peri-operative care for every patient.
In return our commitment to you is to offer support, development and opportunities in an inclusive environment. Therefore, we will offer you:
•Great learning opportunities to enable all staff to fulfil their potential
•Post-qualification development opportunities including ILM Level 2 Award in Leadership and Team Skills
•A fully supported induction programme with a named mentor
•Ongoing support from theatre clinical education team
•Salary sacrifice scheme - childcare, electronics and cars
•A generous annual leave provision
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
These are exciting times ahead for theatres here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals as we are committed to service development within theatres offering staff the opportunity to share ideas and look at new ways of working through our staff voices forum.
Our vision for theatres is to deliver first class peri-operative care for every patient. In return our commitment to you is to offer support, development and opportunities in an inclusive environment.
As an integral member of the operating theatre team, you would be directly involved in the following ophthalmic procedures:
Vitreoretinal surgery
Oculoplastic surgery
Cataract surgery
Strabismus surgery
Glaucoma surgery
Corneal surgery
Emergency and trauma surgery
For more information please see attached the Job Description & Person Specification.
Please note that this post may also include on call cover during weekends and evenings depending on future service requirements.
This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr