Theatre Practitioner - Scrub

Liverpool Women's Hospital; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool Women's Hospital is seeking a theatre practitioner with scrub skills to join the obstetric and gynaecology theatres. You will be a safe and competent clinical member of the team, ensuring cleanliness of Operating Theatre areas and equipment, and preparing theatres before and after operative procedures.

You will participate in out-of-hours on-call rota and contribute to the smooth running of the Operating Department, with a focus on self-development and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Registered staff - RGN or ODP with UK registration
• Able to work as part of a cohesive theatre team
• Experience in obstetric and gynecology theatre preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure the cleanliness of Operating Theatre areas and equipment
• Prepare the Operating Theatre before and after operative procedures
• Be a safe and competent clinical member of the team in theatre scrub
• Participate in out-of-hours on-call rota
• Contribute to the smooth running of the Operating Department
• Engage in self-development of skills and competencies
• Understand and contribute to wider Clinical Support Services and Trust improvement efforts

Skills

Scrub skills

Time management

Communication skills

Job description

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust operates an On-Call service to ensure continuous, safe care for patients at Liverpool Women's Hospital. Staff members who are required to participate in the On-Call rota must be able to attend the hospital within 30 minutes of being called and therefore must live within a travel distance that allows them to reach the hospital within a 30-minute journey time.

Where this is not possible, individuals may make alternative arrangements to ensure compliance with the 30-minute requirement, for example temporarily staying with a friend, family member, or in other suitable accommodation located within close proximity to the hospital, any such arrangements would be at the individual's own expense.

To perform as a safe and competent clinical member of the team in theatre scrub and provide specialised holistic care for the peri-operative patient.

Contribute to an effective, motivated and competent workforce and ensure that high quality standards are maintained and developed.

Ensure the cleanliness of all the Operating Theatre areas and equipment at all times.

Prepare the Operating Theatre prior to and following operative procedures.

Participate in out-of-hours on-call rota as required.

Perform other duties as reasonably required to assist in the smooth running of the Operating Department.

Be responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies.

Maintain a broad understanding of the work of the Clinical Support Services and the Trust as a whole and actively contribute your ideas for the improvement of service provision.

Must have experience in Obstetric and Gynaecology theatre.

As part of a continuing recruitment plan, we are looking for a dynamic and proactive staff member to maintain the delivery of safe, high quality, patient-focused care within our Gynaecology and Obstetrics theatres. Therefore an exciting opportunity has arisen for a theatre practitioner with scrub skills to take on a role at Liverpool Women's Hospital.

We are looking fora forward thinking and highly motivated person, who is able to demonstrate good time management skills, you will also need to possess good communication skill (verbal, written & electronic) and have the ability to work as part of a cohesive team., This post is suitable for registered staff - RGN and ODP, newly qualified and experienced and you must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women's Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.

UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine your eligibility for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.

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Liverpool Women's Hospital does great things every day; do you want to be part of something special? If you are interested and would like to come and meet our team, we would be happy to arrange an informal visit.