Senior Theatre Practitioner
Guildford Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full Time
Up to £45,000.00 per annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Wherever you're currently working, Nuffield Health is where you'll excel. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you're helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you.
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our Guildford Hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.
Our Theatre Team currently have an opportunity for a Senior Theatre Practitioner with surgical first assistant qualification. Continue your journey with us whilst we'll support you to be your best.
To join a friendly and supportive theatre team to deliver excellent patient care in during the perioperative episode.
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner, you will:
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Be responsible for providing skilled clinical and technical assistance as a member of the operating theatre team.
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Provide continuous competent and dedicated assistance under the direct supervision of the operating surgeon throughout the procedure.
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Promoting best practice and contributing towards quality improvements.
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Acting as an SFA within scope of practice, across a caseload of orthopaedic, general, gynaecology and urology surgery.
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Working as a Theatre Practitioner across various specialities when not acting as SFA.
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Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.
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Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures).
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Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.
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Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.
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Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.
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Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.
As a Senior Theatre practitioner, you will have:
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Registered Practitioner with NMC or HCPC registration.
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Surgical First Assistant Qualification.
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Excellent communication skills.
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Immediate Life Support provider.
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Mentorship qualification.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free private healthcare to gym membership, a cycle to work scheme and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital.
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high-quality healthcare working with leading Consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing, diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offer a wide range of complex surgery and services. Our care is matron led and we are proud to have received a "good" rating from the health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our facilities include 49 en-suite patient bedrooms, 4 operating theatres and oncology units. We've been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital, giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating, yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit. The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
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It starts with you.
