Theatre Services at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have an opportunity to recruit an experienced, motivated, forward thinking Senior Scrub Practitioner to work in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
We are proud of our ethos of welcoming new practitioners and providing a friendly, team orientated environment. We provide an in depth induction and support personal and professional development including Leadership and Management opportunities.
The Trust has 12 Operating Theatres: 6 in Main Theatres, 4 in Day Surgery and 2 at Stratford, providing a variety of surgical specialities, including Orthopaedics, Trauma, Urology, Gynaecology, ENT, General, Breast, Ophthalmology and Dental.
The successful candidate(s) will have a minimum of 4 years experience working in Trauma and Orthopaedics in the scrub role, as well as experience in out of hour’s emergency work including NCEPOD & Trauma. Full participation in 24/7 working including nights, weekends, evenings and an on-call commitment is required.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work using your own initiative as well as working effectively within a team will be essential and the successful candidate(s) will need to demonstrate full flexibility within their specialty areas of expertise, working between them as service needs demand.
Previous interviewed candidates need not apply.
The post holder carries responsibility for the management of the Operating Theatres in both Main and Day Surgery Unit by appropriate deployment, delegation, co‑ordination and supervision of all grades of staff in their charge in the absence of the Team Leaders in order to provide a 24‑hour service. In conjunction with the Team Leaders is responsible for the operational management of the Department. This responsibility includes ensuring all staff work within the competencies appropriate to their professional qualifications, providing clinical expertise to all staff within the operating theatre team.
The post holder will deputise for the Team Leaders in their absence. The post holder will provide an environment conducive to the needs of all permanent staff and learners, meeting their learning and developmental requirements.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford‑Upon‑Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston‑on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective, compassionate, trusted and inclusive care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Linda Comyns Job title: Workforce & Development Lead Email address: Linda.Comyns@swft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07870301793
01926 495321 ext 8223
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