Overview
Join Our Team at DBTH as a Surgical First Assistant. Are you a registered practitioner with a passion for surgery? Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) invites you to join as a Surgical First Assistant (SFA). In this role, you will provide continuous, competent, and dedicated surgical assistance to the operating surgeon throughout procedures, working closely as an essential member of the surgical team under direct supervision.
Responsibilities
* Perform skin preparation and draping prior to surgery.
* Retract superficial tissue and cut superficial sutures.
* Handle tissue and manipulate organs for exposure and access.
* Use nerve and deep tissue retractors under surgeon supervision.
* Cutsutures and ligatures under supervision.
* Assist with haemostasis to maintain a clear operating field, including indirect diathermy application.
* Operate suction as directed by the surgeon.
* Manipulate camera for minimally invasive surgery.
* Apply dressings as required.
* Maintain knowledge of surgical instruments, equipment, and laparoscopic systems.
* Demonstrate extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, aseptic technique, and infection control.
* Gown and glove using open or closed techniques.
* Comply with Trust policies, best practice guidelines, and legislation to deliver safe, evidence-based surgery within scope of practice.
About DBTH and Working Here
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
* Extensive range of learning opportunities
* NHS Pension Scheme
* Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
* NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
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