Theatre Staff Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner (Band 5)

NHS Jobs; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

The Theatre Staff Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner (Band 5) position within NHS Jobs involves working within the theatre environment, supporting scrub and circulating duties, and participating in perioperative safety protocols. The role includes liaising with MDTs and contributing to pre- and post-operative processes.

Candidates will participate in training, ensure AGP and Covid safety requirements are met, and support safe patient care from admission to discharge as part of a

Qualifications

• Participate in the training and development of junior staff.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient is entered on the relevant care pathway for timely treatment.
• Participate in Team brief/debrief & safety officer duties, ensuring staffing, checks and handover documentation are in place.
• Ensure Covid status and AGP requirements are ascertained to facilitate the list.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a scrubbed member of the theatre team and carry out safety checks on swabs, instruments & needles with a second person.
• Assist in preparation and cleaning of the theatre suite considering fallow period and AGP clearance times.
• Assist with safe disposal of instrumentation and clinical waste; support patient positioning and preparation on the operating table.
• Assist in care, labelling and despatch of specimens for lab examination.
• Inform Clinical Theatre Manager of problems or proposed changes to the order of the operating list.
• Ensure effective communication between theatre, patient and ward, including preoperative assessment and postoperative care evaluation.
• Assist with patient positioning and wound care, dressing, and transfer to post-operative care area; support haemostasis and use of suction as directed.

Job description

Theatre Staff Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner (Band 5)

Participate in the training and development of junior staff. Liaise with other multidisciplinary teams including but not limited to the Bed manager, Clinicians, ward staff and departments to ensure the patient is entered on the relevantcare pathway for timely treatment. Participate in the Team brief / Debrief & as safety officer in a timely manner ensuring required staffing, investigation results, checks and handover documentation is in place. Ensure the Covid status of the patient & AGP requirements are ascertained in a timely manner to facilitate smooth running of the list. Take part in MDT meetings for Morning & Evening handover in line with anaesthetic / surgical hand over requirements. Attend Audit / Governance meetings as required.

SCRUB & CIRCULATING DUTIES:

Participate as a scrubbed member of the theatre team and carry out safety checks on swabs, instruments & needles in conjunction with a second person & reporting on the same to the surgeon. Act as circulating member of the operating theatre team Assist in the preparation and cleaning of the theatre suite inconsideration of fallow period associated with AGP clearance times and handling of clinical waste e.g. body fluids, tissue. Assist with the safe disposal of instrumentation and clinical waste e.g. body fluids, tissue at the end of surgery. Assist with the safe positioning and preparation of surgical patients on the operating table as requested by the surgeon and anaesthetist Assist in the care, labelling and despatch of specimens for laboratory examination. Following successful completion of the internal file competency framework of Scrub Practitioners moving towards in-house Surgical First Assistant for minor & Intermediate Train Inform the Clinical Theatre Manager and or theatre sister Charge ODP of any problems, proposed changes to the order of the operating list The Scrub Practitioner (SP) and Surgical First Assistant (SFA) Minor & Intermediate procedures will:

Roles & Responsibilities SP SFA

Ensure effective communication link between theatre, patient & Ward including preoperative assessment & postoperative care evaluation. Be involved in the team completion of the surgical safety checklist for all surgical interventions as part of the Five Steps to Safer Surgery WHO Assist with patient positioning including tissue viability assessment. Apply dressing as required. Assist in transfer of patient to post-operative anaesthetic care area. Cut superficial sutures e.g. skin sutures. Superficial skin and tissue retraction. Assist with superficial wound closure. Assist with haemostasis in order to secure and maintain a clear operating field including indirect application of surgical diathermy. Use Superficial suction as instructed by the operating surgeon.

ANAESTHETIC & RECOVERY DUTIES

Carry out the preliminary checking of all anaesthetic and recovery (PACU) equipment prior to the commencement of the theatre list. Participate in the team completion of the surgical safety W.H.O check list for all anaesthetic & surgical interventions as part of a Five Steps to Safer Surgery. Receive and identify patients in line with the LocSSIPs & NatSSIPs requirements. Provide skilled, specialised assistance to the anaesthetist peri-operatively, and in outlying areas e.g. A&E, CT scan, out of hospital transfer team and a part of the trust resuscitation team following current Covid guidelines. Report immediately to the medical staff any adverse changes in the patients condition or any other aspect of concern. To participate in the post operative recovery patients at all levels of dependency.

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.