Theatre Operating Department Practitioner/ Nurse - Anaesthetics

The Methodist Church in Britain; Oswestry, West Midlands; Remote; GBP 18.000 - 28.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Staff benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Oswestry is seeking a part-time Theatre Unit nurse to lead their own theatre list. The post involves managing equipment, drugs, and patient care within a multidisciplinary team, with rotations across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery and some out-of-hours cover.

The candidate will need NMC registration as a nurse or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner and must be able to work independently in theatre

Qualifikationen

• Recognised anaesthetic qualification (nurse route).
• NMC registration as a nurse, or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner.
• Able to work unsupervised in an anaesthetic room, theatre or surgical setting, including on-call responsibilities.

Aufgaben

• Provide safe, quality patient care within the unit under Trust and unit policy.
• Run your own theatre list safely, working with the multidisciplinary team.
• Assess patients and make complex decisions, including emergencies and out-of-hours surgery.
• Support and reassure patients and relatives through local and spinal anaesthesia, including difficult information.
• Ensure health and safety of staff, patients and visitors; report incidents and near misses.
• Manage equipment; report faults, document safe use and ensure economical use of supplies.
• Order, store, dispense and record drugs in line with Trust policy.
• Support the Co-ordinator in managing the unit, including list changes with Recovery.
• Develop clinical skills of new staff as mentor/preceptor and act as a link practitioner and role model.
• Take part in audits, clinical trials and service improvements, and help develop unit policies.
• Complete mandatory annual training and meet NMC, HCPC and CPD requirements.
• Retrieve and input patient information on Trust IT systems (EPR, PAS, TIMS, TIS, Fingerprint).

Kenntnisse

Teamwork

Communication

Manual dexterity

IT skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Jobbeschreibung

Part-time post in the Theatre Unit at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, covering 14 theatres, recovery and an HDU. The post-holder runs their own theatre list, keeps patients safe, manages equipment and drugs, and mentors newer staff. Work centres on mainly elective orthopaedic surgery, with rotations across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery and some out-of-hours emergency cover. Applicants need either NMC registration with an accredited anaesthetic qualification or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner.

What the job involves

• Provide safe, quality patient care within the unit under Trust and unit policy
• Be responsible for running your own theatre list safely, working closely with the multidisciplinary team
• Assess patients and make complex decisions, including surgical emergencies and co-ordinating out-of-hours specialist surgery
• Support and reassure patients and relatives through local and spinal anaesthesia, including delivering difficult information
• Ensure the health and safety of staff, patients and visitors, reporting incidents, accidents and near misses
• Manage equipment, reporting faults for repair, documenting safe use and ensuring economic use of supplies
• Order, store, dispense and record drugs in line with Trust policy
• Support the Co-ordinator in managing the unit, including list changes with Recovery
• Develop the clinical skills of new staff as mentor or preceptor, and act as a link practitioner and role model
• Take part in audits, clinical trials and service improvements, and help propose and develop unit policies
• Complete mandatory annual training and meet NMC, HCPC and CPD requirements
• Retrieve and input patient information on Trust IT systems, including EPR, PAS, TIMS, TIS and Fingerprint

What’s required

Qualifications

• Recognised anaesthetic qualification (nurse route)

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a nurse, or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner

Experience

• Able to work unsupervised in an anaesthetic room, theatre or surgical setting, including on-call responsibilities

Skills & knowledge

• Basic IT skills
• Team working
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Manual dexterity
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication

Other

• Able to undertake the OSCE without support

Nice to have

• Specialist orthopaedic experience
• Problem-solving skills in an anaesthetic or surgical setting
• Basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology

What’s offered

• Staff benefits package
• Professional development opportunities
• Rotation across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery
• Access to state-of-the-art facilities