Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for registered nurses and operating department professionals (ODPs) to work at UCH Main Theatres. The role offers the opportunity to work in a range of specialties including Urology, Colorectal surgery, Upper GI, Gynaecology, ENT, Orthopaedics and Robotic surgery.
Working as a Senior Theatre Practitioner you will be required to function effectively as a leader of the peri-operative team to ensure the provision of an efficient and high quality surgical service.
You will have a strong knowledge and experience in operating theatres with an excellent understanding of the perioperative needs of patients, and a wide knowledge of peri-operative nursing practices and procedures. You must be organised, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with experience of supervising a multi-disciplinary team providing the highest standard of patient care across a varied caseload.
Ensure a welcoming, caring and safe environment, as well as promoting, maintaining and monitoring standards in accordance with the guidelines of the NMC/HCPC and CQC.
Evidence of leading teams, engagement in recruitment and retention activities and supervising students / supporting programmes of learning would be an advantage.
We offer our scrub practitioners the opportunity to gain qualification through specialism in Anaesthesia through a post graduate certificate programme developed in collaboration with University College London Perioperative Medicine Faculty.
Main duties of the job
As a senior theatre practitioner, you will be responsible for helping and offering support for patients undergoing surgery. You will lead and support the theatre team to prepare a wide range of specialist equipment and other medical devices required during surgery.
You will also be responsible for planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without direct supervision, and expected to supervise qualified and unqualified staff
In the absence of the Lead Practitioner you will have continuing responsibility for the management of the Theatre and Anaesthesia department, including the deployment of staff and the use of equipment and resources.
You will devise, implement and assess individualised care plans for a wide and diverse patient group, and promoting best evidence-based practice.
You will supervise and support members of the theatre team ensuring that all staff are able to provide the highest standard of care.
In addition you must have:
Operating Department Practitioner registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) OR a NMC registered Nurse (with appropriate and accredited post-graduate anaesthetic module/course)
Eligibility to work in the UK
Extensive knowledge of patient care / needs in the theatre environment
Extensive experience in anaesthetics
Evidence of leading a team within a clinical environment
Proven experience of managing change within a clinical setting
A recognised mentor qualification and experience of supporting learners would be advantageous
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.