Trainee Peri-operative assistant (Annex 21) AA

NHS National Services Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annex 21 training rate

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland is seeking a hard-working, enthusiastic trainee Peri-operative Assistant to join the Day Surgery Theatre Suite, with Annex 21 training rate. The role covers theatres and recovery across multiple surgical specialties, including Maxillo Facial, ENT, General, Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, Urology, Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery, and requires flexible Monday–Friday hours.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, with induction support from Clinical Educators, and

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cohesively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to work across sites in Fife and in theatre and recovery settings.

Responsibilities

• Support peri-operative care within Day Surgery Theatre Suite and recovery areas.
• Work across multiple sites in Fife to meet service needs, Monday–Friday.

Skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

We are currently looking for a hard working, enthusiastic and friendly person to join our dynamic, fast paced Day Surgery Theatre Suite, as a trainee Peri-operative Assistant * annex 21 training rate applies.

We offer wide and varied surgical specialties that include Maxillo Facial, ENT, General Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma, Gynaecology, Urology, Ophthalmology, and plastic surgery procedures, in all of the afore mentioned specialities.

You should possess excellent communication skills and have the ability to work cohesively within the multidisciplinary team

Hours will be worked to meet the needs of the service which are worked over Monday-Friday. With flexibility to work over all sites in Fife. This position will include working within both theatre and recovery

There is a robust induction program which is supported by 3 Clinical Educator and part time Education Coordinator.

Theatres can be an intense fast paced environment with a team working ethos being at the heart of the services we provide. If you enjoy a challenge and would like to join this busy friendly unit, then this may be the post for you.

Informal enquiries: SCN Lynn Thomson. Tel: [phone] ext: 28284 or SCN Julie Gillespie. Tel: [phone] ext: 20454 and SCN Alishia Quinn Tel: [phone].

Salary is pro rata for part time hours if applicable

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior To appointment.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or 'going rate'. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.
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*Annex 21 Trainees are paid a percentage of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate which is dependent on the duration of the training period (see Terms and Conditions).

Trainees are paid a percentage of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate which is dependent on the duration of the training period. Where periods of training last for between one and four years, pay will be adjusted as follows:

• (i) up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
• (ii) more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate;

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.