Surgical Care Practitioner

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Leigh on Sea; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a fully trained Surgical Care Practitioner to join the Urology Team at Southend Hospital. This fixed-term role focuses on enhancing patient care and supporting surgical training, providing skilled assistance during surgeries. Candidates should be self-motivated with excellent communication skills, ready to drive quality improvement within the NHS. Duties include supporting the team in meeting key performance targets and implementing service developments.

Qualifications

• Fully trained Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) with experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self-motivated with a passion for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and intervention in the pre, peri, and post-operative environment.
• Provide skilled surgical first assistance, especially in robotic surgery.
• Support quality improvement and professional development.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fully trained SCP to join the Urology Team at Southend Hospital for a fixed term period. The Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) role is well established within healthcare organisations and has been shown to enhance patient care, maintain surgical services and support surgical training. The role encompasses the provision of care and appropriate intervention within the pre, peri and post-operative environment and you will also be required to provide skilled surgical first assistance, particularly in robotic surgery. You will be an integral part of the team supporting the directorate in the delivery of key performance targets particularly the quality and experience agenda. You will support the teams to create an environment of continuous quality improvement and professional development ensuring that the delivery of patient care is regularly reviewed, and that service developments or change are implemented when necessary. Self-motivation is essential along with a passion, drive, adaptability and resilience to cope with change within the Trust and wider NHS. Excellent communication skills are key to be able to influence and negotiate and quality and safety will be your priority. Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.