Registered Practitioner - Anaesthetics

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working where possible

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Registered Practitioner - Anaesthetics to join the theatre team. The role supports the anaesthetist and peri-operative pathway, with opportunities to work across theatres and sites, including QEII.

The position requires flexible working across a 24/7 rota and collaboration with the broader theatre team to ensure patient safety and high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Registered ODP.
• Willing to undertake post-registration courses as advised by TheatreTeam Leaders.
• Desirable: ILS/ALS, PILS, CPD, mentorship training.

Responsibilities

• Receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedures.
• Prepare Theatre for surgery and sterile equipment; minimise waste.
• Prepare, use, decontaminate and report faulty equipment; work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Be available for on-call and out-of-hours work across Theatre areas to support emergency access.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Education

Nursing qualification/Odp registration

Job description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Our mission is:

Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect

We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Practitioner - Anaesthetics - who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This post is open to Operating Department Practitioners or Registered Nurses with recognised anaesthetic training and experience, who are committed to delivering high quality peri-operative care within a busy and supportive theatre environment.

Our Theatre service provides care for both elective and emergency patients, including admission and recovery pathways, and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. As part of the theatre team, you will be expected to participate in a full shift rota including evenings, nights, weekends, Bank Holidays, and on-call commitments.

The successful candidate will primarily work within the anaesthetic team, supporting patients throughout the peri-operative pathway and assisting the anaesthetist in the safe delivery of anaesthesia. There will also be an expectation to work collaboratively across the wider theatre team to maintain safe and effective patient care.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, Improve.

We expect all staff to demonstrate these values throughout the recruitment process and in their everyday practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedure.

You will be responsible for preparing the Theatre for surgery and preparing sterile equipment/ supplies and keep waste to a minimum.

The successful candidate will be responsible for preparation, safe use, decontamination, troubleshooting and reporting of faulty complex equipment.

You will need to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the safety and comfort of patients and be flexible to be able to work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs.

You will also need to work on-call and out of hours working, regardless of the department you are based in, to provide emergency access to our most acutely ill patients.

This role is based within Theatres, with a requirement to rotate across all theatre areas, including the QEII site, to support a wide range of specialties. These include:

• Vascular
• Orthopaedics
• Urology
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Plastics
• Robotics
• ENT
• Oral Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• General Surgery
• Emergency Surgery
• Pain Management

Candidates invited to interview will be required to take part in a practical assessment as part of the selection process.

This will be designed to assess theatre knowledge, anaesthetic skills, and safe clinical practice relevant to the Band 5 role.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse or Registered ODP
• Must be willing to undertake relevant post registration courses as advised by the Practice Educators/ Theatre Team Leaders

Desirable criteria

• ILS/ALS
• PILS
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of mentorship & preceptorship training

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Gained through undertaking relevant study
• Post qualification experience within the perioperative setting

Desirable criteria

• Relevant experience in either an inpatient or day surgery theatre, maternity theatre or other relevant clinical area.
• Peri-operative practice, skilled in recovery and scrub
• Experience of providing clinical support outside of the theatre area

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• Can organise and prioritise
• Ability to demonstrate initiative
• Flexible
• Clear written and spoken English

Desirable criteria

• Good planning skills. Can effectively and efficiently run a theatre list Can participate in the audit process
• Can perform in the role of scrub and circulating assistant, recovery or has relevant experience within a critical / acute care setting
• Has relevant experience within maternity or gynaecology surgery.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Aware of the National 6 Cs campaign
• Aware of Trust's Values
• An understanding of peri-operative patient care
• Understanding of aseptic technique
• Participate in audit
• Team work
• Knowledge of the aims of the Trust

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of privacy / dignity & infection control relating to theatre area

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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