Theatre Practitioner - Major Ortho Scrub (Bank)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hampstead; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday in line with the Working Time‑

Access to the pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Opportunities for continuous growth

Job summary

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is seeking a bank theatre practitioner for a major orthopaedic scrub role. You will scrub for elective orthopaedic cases, prepare and monitor patients through anaesthetic and recovery phases, and supervise junior staff.

Theatres include a hybrid cardiac catheter lab and a MAKO robot used for joint replacement. You must have NMC or HCPC registration and post-registration orthopaedic scrub experience; qualifications relevant to theatre nursing or ODP.

Qualifications

• Registration as a theatre nurse or operating department practitioner is required.
• Post-registration orthopaedic scrub experience is essential.
• Qualifications must enable registration with NMC or HCPC.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to patients in the anaesthetic and recovery phases of surgery
• Collaborate with anaesthetists and surgical teams to prepare and monitor patients before, during and after surgery
• Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals
• Work a varied caseload using modern technology, equipment and facilities
• Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff
• Create high-quality, clinically effective and evidence-based care and patient experiences
• Interact with ward colleagues, recognising that continuity of patient care is key

Skills

Excellent communicator

Team worker

Flexible

Motivated

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

Job description

A bank theatre practitioner post in the major orthopaedic scrub role at Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital, which sits beside the RD&E hospital. The work centres on scrubbing for elective orthopaedic cases, preparing and monitoring patients through the anaesthetic and recovery phases, and supervising junior staff. Hours are ad hoc, set around the hospital's needs and the worker's availability, and the theatres include a hybrid cardiac catheter lab and a MAKO robot used for joint replacement. Fit depends on NMC or HCPC registration and post-registration major orthopaedic scrub experience.

What the job involves

• Deliver high-quality care to patients in the anaesthetic and recovery phases of surgery


• Collaborate with anaesthetists and surgical teams to prepare and monitor patients before, during and after surgery


• Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals


• Work a varied caseload using modern technology, equipment and facilities


• Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff


• Create high-quality, clinically effective and evidence-based care and patient experiences


• Interact with ward colleagues, recognising that continuity of patient care is key

Qualifications

• Qualifications relevant to registration as a theatre nurse or operating department practitioner

Registration & licences

• NMC or HCPC registration

Experience

• Post-registration experience in a major orthopaedic scrub role

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communicator and team worker


• Flexible and motivated

What’s offered

• Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive


• Access to the pension scheme


• Discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month


• Opportunities for continuous growth and personal development