BANK worker

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is offering an exciting promotion to a Band 6 Theatre Practitioner role at the Royal Blackburn site and Burnley General Hospital. The post involves scrub, circulating, anaesthetic/recovery duties and leadership of the theatre team.

Applicants should be Registered Nurse or ODP with appropriate UK registration, evidence of up-to-date training, and willingness to develop skills in scrub, anaesthetics or recovery.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or ODP with UK registration and relevant qualifications.
• Demonstrated up-to-date training and maintenance of professional standards.
• Willingness to undertake future study for professional development and service needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert standards of care to patients.
• Maintain a safe environment for all.
• Complete accurate electronic and written documentation.
• Act as scrub/circulating nurse and support anaesthetic/recovery duties as qualified.
• Coordinate the theatre unit on a day-to-day basis.
• Exhibit strong leadership and role-model behaviour.

Skills

Leadership

Team motivation

Conflict management

Prioritise workload

Clinical governance

Scrub/ circulating duties

Education

Health-related degree

Teaching certificate or equivalent

Scrub/anaesthetics/recovery qualification

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

Teams

Outlook

Job description

We have 11 theatres at the Royal Blackburn site and 17 at Burnley General and together we carry out a wide range of both elective and emergency surgery through many specialities including Gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, vascular, colorectal, HPB, Urology, orthopaedics, trauma, ENT, maxillofacial including Robotic assisted Surgery, and a 24 hour emergency service on both sites. We also expect all applicants to be dedicated to their role and enhance their knowledge and skills. This post does include participation in weekend and late shifts.

Duties

• Providing expert standards of care to patients
• Maintaining a safe environment for all
• Completing accurate and clear electronic and written documentation
• Acting as scrub / circulating nurse and or act as anaesthetic /recovery nurse depending on qualification and experience when clinical
• Co‑ordination of the theatre unit on a day to day basis
• Exercise strong and effective leadership acting as an exemplary role model for the unit

We have the exciting opportunity for promotion to a Band 6 role which has arisen. We would invite all enthusiastic, committed, hardworking, and highly motivated, Registered Nurse's or Operating Department Practitioner's to join our family of dedicated Theatre Practitioners.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse - 1st or ODP 752, Level 3/Certificate of Higher Education or Diploma Teaching/Assessing Qualification: 998/7307/mentorship
• Mentorship
• Actively seeks to develop own knowledge, skills and ability
• Proven evidence of up to date training
• Degree in health associated studies. Teaching certificate or equivalent experience. Further qualification in scrub, anaesthetics or recovery.
• Management/leadership
• Willingness to undertake future study for own professional development and service needs, Previous experience
• Expert experience in Elective Scrub or Anaesthetic/Recovery
• Proven ability to lead a Theatre team
• Wider knowledge in multiple surgical specialties.
• Knowledge of finance and budgets.
• Knowledge of professional issues
• Ability to handle conflict
• Able to motivate, engage and develop the multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrate role modelling behaviours. Demonstrate quality and sustainability experience.
• Able to prioritise workload
• Be proficient with Excel spread sheets, sharepoint, teams, outlook and audit reports.
• Clear and accurate record keeping
• Able to work the hours required by the service.
• Able to adapt to the changing needs of the service
• Able to work across both sites, Burnley General Hospital and Blackburn Hospital as the service need requires, Proven ability to work effectively within a team.
• Demonstrate a sympathetic/sensitive approach to patients and colleagues
• Advocate a positive attitude and show you are able to use your own initiative and demonstrate problem solving
• Have an understanding of team building, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Organisation

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work. ELHT already has the largest and most comprehensive programme of robot assisted surgery in the northwest, with the region's leading surgeons removing head and neck, urological and colorectal cancers at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. The Trust has 3 Robot systems – 2 at RBH and 1 at BGH. The extra capacity will also allow ELHT to perform more robot assisted surgery which will eventually include Hepato‑biliary cancers. Our aim is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care, by putting safety and quality at the heart of all we do.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first‑class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under‑representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Application Information

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro‑rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay‑scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short‑listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost for an Enhanced DBS, is £45.90 and for a Basic & Standard, this is £24.90 this cost includes a £4.90 admin fee.