Main area Cardiothoracic Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Oncall commitments) Job ref 382-TER12-25
Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site BTH Town Blackpool Salary £24,625 - £25,674 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 14/05/2025 23:59
Band 3
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 3 HCA. The Unit consists of 4 theatres that perform around 1,000 adult Cardiac Cases annually as well as over 500 Thoracic cases. As well as working in the 4 theatres, there are opportunities to work in the Theatre Recovery Area, Cardiology Labs and Cardiac Intensive Care. The candidate must have NVQ level 3 and ideally should have experience in theatres .
The core hours are between 07.30 and 19.00 Monday to Friday, with a 7 day, 24-hour emergency on-call service, that you will be expected to join.
Main duties of the job
· Working in the operating theatre as a circulating nurse, anticipating the needs of the scrub team.
· Decontamination of equipment during working hours and as part of the on-call commitment
· Assisting in blood sampling
· Maintaining stock levels within the theatre environment and the whole department.
· Participating in the on-call team
· During on-call commitments, you will be working independently when called in e.g. on intensive care
· Collecting and checking trays of surgical instruments
Working for our organisation
The Unit consists of 4 theatres that perform around 1,000 adult Cardiac Cases annually as well as over 500 Thoracic cases. As a Tertiary centre we cover South Cumbria and Lancashire for specialist heart and lung surgery.
We work in a multidisciplinary team, consisting of Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Nurses, Operating Department Practitioners and Perfusionists
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working in the operating theatre as a circulating nurse, anticipating the needs of the scrub team.
· Decontamination of equipment during working hours and as part of the on-call commitment
· Assisting in blood sampling
· Maintaining stock levels within the theatre environment and the whole department.
· Participating in the on-call team
· During on-call commitments, you will be working independently when called in e.g. on intensive care
· Collecting and checking trays of surgical instruments
See attached Job Description
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Experience and Knowledge
* Experience as a Health Care Assistant / Theatre experience
Skills and Ability
* Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting.
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with multidisciplinary team.
* Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
* Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
* An understanding of organisation of nursing care.
* Basic understanding of NHS issues.
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting.
* Carry out clinical interventions as delegated by a RN as agreed by local protocols.
* Good attendance record - Able to perform a wide range of duties.
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessedhere .
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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