Bone Bank Practitioner

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust is seeking a Theatre Practitioner to support the Bone Bank Service in Exeter. This role involves assessing patient suitability for bone donation and ensuring compliance with ethical guidelines. The successful candidate will train staff, manage records, and assist in the retrieval of femoral heads for surgeries. This exciting opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care while working within a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

NHS Pension scheme

Flexible working schemes

Occupational health services

Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in ethical bone donation and retrieval procedures.
• Strong communication skills to ensure informed patient consent.
• Ability to train and mentor staff members.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the safe retrieval of femoral heads for surgeries.
• Deliver training programs for staff on bone donation processes.
• Manage records and data related to bone donation.

Skills

Patient consent processes

Data analysis and record maintenance

Staff training

Compliance with HTA guidelines

Job description

Role Summary

There is an opportunity to work along side the Band 7 in the Bone Bank Service in the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre. You will be responsible for assessing patients suitability for femoral head bone donation and obtaining their consent. You will also be responsible for checking results and completing relevant paperwork and inputting on the system. You will be required to train new members of staff in theatre and updating this training when required.

About the Role

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Theatre Practitioner to support the existing Band 7 team at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in Exeter. This role is within a growing service that focuses on the donation and processing of allografts, specifically harvesting femoral heads for use in bone grafting during revision and spinal surgeries.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the safe and ethical retrieval of bone tissue, in full compliance with regulations set by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). You will be responsible for training staff in the critical procedures involved in bone donation, including patient consent processes, as well as maintaining high standards of care throughout.

Key responsibilities include:

• Bone Donation and Allograft Harvesting: Safely assist with the retrieval of femoral heads for use in surgeries, ensuring compliance with HTA guidelines.
• Staff Training: Deliver and support training programs to ensure staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills required for ethical bone donation, including techniques for obtaining informed consent from patients.
• Consenting Patients: Ensure that patients are fully informed about the process and implications of bone donation, and that consent is obtained in accordance with HTA guidelines.
• Data Analysis & Record Maintenance: Manage the collection, analysis, and secure storage of donor data, ensuring accurate records are maintained for each donation, and that all relevant reports are completed and stored in compliance with HTA regulations.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of a growing and vital service that provides life-saving and life-enhancing grafts to patients undergoing complex orthopaedic procedures. If you are passionate about patient care, ethical donation practices, and supporting staff training, we would love to hear from you.

Working Pattern

hours per week. Fixed Tuesday, but flexible on other days. Monday - Friday. No weekend or Bank Holiday working. Shift patterns can be negotiated.

Interview Date

To Be Confirmed

Note, this is an internal vacancy for Royal Devon employees, therefore Bank workers are currently not eligible to apply for this vacancy.

For further information please contact

Louise Jordan, Clinical ODP Manager – Bone Bank Coordinator

Inclusive Employer Statement

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over , staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than , people, cover more than 2, square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Benefits

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to days plus bank holidays.

You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.