Main area Surgery Grade 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call commitment) Job ref 411-SUR-25-7085708
Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Children's Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/06/2025 23:59
Advanced Scrub Practitioner- Cardiac & Cardiology
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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
Are you an experienced theatre practitioner looking for a new challenge? If so, then come and join the land of remarkable people!
We are currently recruiting an experienced Scrub Practitioner for our Inpatient Theatres in Cardiac & Cardiology surgery.
Job overview
* The primary focus of the post is to ensure that the Trust provides high quality patient centered care as part of the Theatre department reflecting the beliefs outlined in the Trust objectives, values and vision. The practitioner will act as an advocate for patients and families, and will be a front-line advocate for the Trust.
* The practitioner will work towards in-depth knowledge of the theatre department and be involved with teaching and assessing members of staff against current Trust standards.
* The practitioner will deputise for the senior practitioner in their absence.
The practitioner will be responsible for their own professional conduct in line with NMC / HPC Code of Conduct. They will adhere to and understand all Trust and local policies and procedures
A 24-hour theatre service is provided at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. This is achieved either by the internal rotation of staff or an on-call service. The practitioner will be required to participate in providing a 24-hour theatre service.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Responsibilities:
* Assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the holistic peri-operative care of patients using knowledge and skills within the Theatre department. Provide skilled care to the patient throughout their journey.
* Act as patient’s advocate and ensure patients’ wishes, choices and beliefs are taken into account in the decision making process as necessary in collaboration with the family
* Maintain safe and effective patient care, ensuring that working practices conform to Theatre and Trust policies and procedures
* Ensure the WHO checklist is completed for every patient
* Maintain accurate and legible records of care in line with Trust policy and NMC / HCPC Code of Conduct.
* Be involved in monitoring and promoting high standards of care, including audits
* Participate in cost improvement initiatives including the cost effective use of resources
* Maintain a culture in which infection control is intrinsic to care delivery, and is monitored in line with Trust policy.
Working for our organisation
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital cares for over 330,000 children, young people and their families every year.
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.
In 2015 we opened a state-of-the-art hospital alongside a brand new research, innovation and education centre. Alder Hey in the Park and the Institute in the Park bring together excellent care, technology and design to provide the best possible healing environment for children and their families.
In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park Building in North Liverpool
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the full duties and the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Education and Training
* Nursing or ODP professional registration
* Relevant qualification in specific theatre discipline (scrub) or demonstrable relevant experience
* Good written and communication skills
* Educated to degree level or recognised equivalent
* Scrub – Surgical First Assistant qualification or plan to work towards
* Mentorship qualification, or plan to work towards
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at recruitment@alderhey.nhs.uk or call 0151 282 4599
Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application.
Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Name Louise Galvin Job title Clinical Manager - Cardiac & Cardiology Email address Louise.Galvin@alderhey.nhs.uk Telephone number 01512284504 Additional information
Zara Barnbrock - Clinical Manager for Education & Development
Zara.Barnbrock@alderhey.nhs.uk
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