Theatre Scrub Practitioner

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dynamic Theatre Scrub Practitioner to join their Day Surgery Theatre Team. This role is vital for ensuring safe quality care across various surgical specialties, including General Surgery and Urology. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, leading by example and demonstrating excellent communication skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an innovative healthcare environment while supporting colleagues from diverse backgrounds. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and thrive in a collaborative setting, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Must have sound clinical experience and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work flexibly and lead by example in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prepare the operating theatre ahead of the day's list.
• Be proactive in planning equipment and consumables to avoid cancellations.

Skills

Clinical Experience

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Leadership

Education

Nursing Qualification

Operating Department Practitioner Qualification

Job description

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We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated Scrub Practitioner (Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner) to join our Day Surgery Theatre Team. You must have sound clinical experience, excellent communication and negotiation skills and be able work flexibly and lead by example. You must be able to work in partnership with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and work closely with the theatre management team in order to provide safe quality care and an excellent patient and staff experience.

We work collaboratively with Eyes Theatres, across 2 theatre complexes and undertake a variety of elective day case procedures. Collectively we have 4 theatres and our surgical specialties include General Surgery, Head and Neck, Urology, Breast, Plastics, Hand Trauma and Eyes. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity for staff to work in other operating theatres across the Trust once competencies have been met for the post.

This post is a 12 month fixed term position to cover Maternity Leave.

Full time is preferable but part time hours will be considered.

Be a competent scrub practitioner across a variety of surgical specialities.

Be able to organise and prepare the operating theatre ahead of the day's list.

Be proactive and forward thinking to plan equipment and consumables for each list in an effort to avoid equipment clashes and on the day cancellations.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deborah Hill Job title: Theatre Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01604544151

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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