Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics) (AA)

NHS National Services Scotland; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland invites applications from RGN or ODP qualified professionals to join our Acute Theatre Suite. You will work across theatres with a team delivering elective and emergency procedures in multiple specialties, including Maxillo Facial, ENT, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Urology and Paediatrics.

The role requires an anaesthetic qualification, a collaborative approach, and commitment to CPD.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cohesively within the multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Current recognised anaesthetic qualification and willingness to rotate through anaesthetic, scrub and recovery roles.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through anaesthetic, scrub and recovery roles.
• Work flexibly across theatres and sites in Fife, including weekends and nights as required.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

CPD

Education

Anaesthetic qualification

Job description

We are currently looking for hard working, enthusiastic and friendly people, either RGN or ODP to join our dynamic, fast paced Acute Theatre Suite.

We offer wide and varied surgical specialties that include Maxillo Facial, ENT, General Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Urology & Paediatrics, covering Elective and Emergency procedures in all the afore mentioned specialities.

We are delighted to announce that we also have Robotic Assisted Surgical Technology training pathways for specific theatre specialities and its team members.

You should possess a current recognised anaesthetic qualification and be willing to rotate through anaesthetic, scrub and recovery roles.

You should possess excellent communication skills, have the ability to work cohesively within the multidisciplinary team and have evidence of continuing professional development.

Hours will be worked to meet the needs of the service which will include shift & weekend work and rotational nights as required, with flexibility to work over all sites in Fife.

There is a robust induction program which is supported by Clinical Educators and an Education Coordinator.

We are passionate about investing and developing all our team members.

We currently fund and support the Advanced Scrub Practitioner program levels 1 & 2 and the NES Anaesthetic Competency program.

Theatres can be an intense fast paced environment with a team working ethos being at the heart of the services we provide. If you enjoy a challenge and would like to join this busy friendly unit, then this may be the post for you.

Informal enquiries: ACLP Wood. Tel: [phone] ext: 282888 or TL Russell/TL Little. Tel: [phone] ext: 28954

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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