Theatre Practitioner - Scrub

Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction programme

Preceptorship package

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) is recruiting a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join the busy theatre team across multiple sites. The post offers a supportive environment with a comprehensive induction and excellent preceptorship for both newly qualified and experienced applicants.

The role involves working within a combined theatres team of 44 theatres in Liverpool, with opportunities to rotate between anaesthetics, scrub and recovery, and a

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or ODP and current registration with NMC/HCPC.
• Desirable: post-registration study.
• Desirable: teaching and assessing qualification.
• Evidence-based practice and continuous professional development expected.

Responsibilities

• Deliver skilled practical care to patients in the peri-operative pathway.
• Assess situations in the anaesthetic, scrub or recovery environments with guidance.
• Support implementation of evidence-based practice and participate in audits.
• Occasional out-of-hours work including night shifts as required.
• Assist in stock management and use of theatre equipment.
• Record data in TMIS to support accurate statistics and patient activity.
• Ensure equipment and instruments are maintained and reported faults.
• Attend unit/team meetings and support junior staff and trainees.
• Maintain infection control practices and safety standards in theatre.
• Prepare and clean theatre areas and ensure correct patient information is recorded.
• Support anaesthetic staff in delivering safe patient care across the theatre journey.
• Advise on changes to operating lists in collaboration with the unit coordinator.

Skills

Prioritise workload

Delegate effectively

Team management

Excellent communication

Adaptable to changing environments

IT literacy (email/word)

Education

HCPC/NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (LUHFT) for either a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join the Theatre team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to work within our busy theatres complex. We are proud of our ethos of welcoming new practitioners and providing a supportive, team orientated environment. We provide an in depth induction and an excellent preceptorship package for both newly qualified and experienced applicants.

The successful applicant will work as part of a combined theatres team consisting of 44 theatres across 3 sites in Liverpool. Specialties include Breast, Trauma and Orthopaedics, HPB, Vascular, Upper GI, Colorectal, Liver and endocrine surgery.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work within the theatres team in anaesthetics, scrub or recovery. There would be opportunity to rotate within the disciplines and this would be supported by the theatre team.

The posts advertised are for roles within Unit E scrub Team.

The successful applicant will be required to partake in a flexible work pattern to meet the needs of the service.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver skilled practical care to all patients and participate in the monitoring, planning and delivery of individualised patient care.
• With guidance from senior staff, assess situations that arise in the peri-operative environment.
• Actively support the implementation of Evidence Based Practice and participate in clinical audits as required.
• To participate, as required, in out of hours cover including night shifts.
• Have an awareness of stock control; support Team Leaders in appropriate stock management.
• Input data onto the TMIS system, in order that statistics/patient activity may be accurately compiled.
• Ensure all equipment and instruments are maintained in accordance with manufacturers guidelines, document and report any faults immediately to senior staff.
• Attend/participate in unit /team meetings.
• Support staff under your supervision (theatre support workers, trainee operating department practitioners, student nurses) and act as an effective role model.
• Ensure rigorous adherence to infection control practices including hand hygiene and universal/standard precautions.
• Ensure all theatre equipment and instruments required for the safe delivery of patient care are available and in working order prior to the commencement of an elective or emergency operating list.
• Assist in the preparation and cleaning of the theatre suite, as per standard operating procedures.
• Ensure all information pertaining to the patients identification and planned surgery is correct, as per departmental guidance.
• Participate with anaesthtic support staff assisting the anaesthetist in the delivery of safe patient care throughout the theatre journey.
• Advise Unit Co-ordinator or person in charge of any proposed changes in the order of the operating list.
• For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered ODP, current HCPC registration (applicable to ODP) OR Registered nurse, current NMC registration (applicable to RN)

Desirable

• Evidence of post registration study
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
• Knowledge of Essence of Care
• Evidence of involvement in benchmarking

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to delegate work appropriately
• Ability to manage a team
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in changing environments
• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

Essential

• Application of evidence based practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience of being Nurse in charge

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).