Theatre Practitioner/Registered Nurse - Scrub
Join our dynamic inpatient Theatres team at Torbay Hospital and make a real impact delivering high‑quality, patient‑focused care in a flexible inpatient theatre environment.
Responsibilities
* Provide and maintain a safe environment for all patients attending theatres.
* Deliver high‑quality patient‑focused care and perform comprehensive assessment of patients during intra‑operative care.
* Co‑ordinate and carry out peri‑operative care with minimal supervision, acting as a role model.
* Plan the workload for a theatre list, considering the efficient use of available resources.
* Work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team to achieve a high standard of patient care and positively impact the peri‑operative journey.
* Perform all aspects of the scrub and circulating role within theatre, ensuring quality of care and maintenance of standards.
* Supervise students of nursing, operating department practitioners, nurses on adaptation programmes and post‑registration learners.
* Act as a team leader within theatres and coordinate the department in the absence of band 6 under the supervision of band 7.
Qualifications
* Background in theatre as a scrub practitioner.
* Scrub trained and optionally anaesthetically trained (ODP or Anaesthetic bolt‑on course).
* Registered with NMC and/or HCPC and possess the required experience and qualifications.
Full vacancy details can be found in the attached Job Description/Person Specification.
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