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Job overview

Come and join our dynamic and enthusiastic theatre team based at The Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester. We have a vacancy for a full-time Band 5 theatre practitioner to join the Main Theatres' scrub team. You will work across all surgical specialities, with a focus on  elective orthopaedic surgery.

We are looking for a motivated individual with good communication to join our friendly and supportive team. Organisational skills and the ability to work as part of the team are essential for this post. 

We understand the importance of supporting professional development and offer training both within and outside the organisation. We provide a rich learning environment for students, and you will help our Practice Development leads to deliver this.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in a scrubbed/circulating role as required, ensuring the safe care of the patient undergoing surgical intervention.
• To deliver a high standard professional peri-operative care which is based on evidence and recognised best practice.
• To plan, implement and evaluate appropriate patient focussed care and treatment in line with agreed peri-operative guidelines and protocols.
• To work in partnership with the multi- disciplinary team.
• Act at all times as the patients advocate in care during the period of surgical intervention.
• In consultation with a mentor/Team Leader, seek to further develop clinical skills in line with service requirements, ensuring competency can be measured and demonstrated.
• Demonstrate a developing knowledge base related to the peri-operative speciality.
• Prepare and assemble instrumentation/equipment required for a peri-operative session seeking advice where necessary.
• Ensure that the cleaning and preparation of all equipment and surgical areas is carried out in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• To follow Trust policies and procedures, paying particular attention to Health and Safety, COSHH regulations and Infection Control policies thereby ensuring a clean and safe environment.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.