Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Four 9.75 hour shifts over 4 days monday to saturday.)
- Job ref
- 359-7081306-T2
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Fordcombe Hospital
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Scrub Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
To prepare theatre for an operating list completing checklists to support. To scrub for a range of specialities including, General, Orthopaedics, ENT, Gynae and Urology.
To act as patient advocate and to maintain high standards of patient care ensuring that patient objectives are achieved using a systematic approach to patient care.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised care, providing support to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
To liaise with all patients and their relatives and ensure that they are kept informed of treatment and progress and to participate in the provision of advice and support.
To promote evidence-based practice and to take an active part in any relevant research/audits being undertaken planning and initiating changes to enhance patient care.
To ensure compliance with Infection Control standards, in line with Trust policy.
To maintain accurate records of observation, treatment and care, teaching and monitoring others as necessary.
To provide clinical leadership to theatre teams.
To participate in the induction/in-service training of staff who are in their supernumerary period.
To train and supervise junior staff in collaboration with the Education and Training Team.
Main duties of the job
To have knowledge and experience across a range of surgical procedure with competence to scrub.
To be able to prepare theatre for a list, following policies and procedures. Offering full support to the wider theatre team where required.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
- At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
- Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
- Blue Light card eligibility
- And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected]t if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Part 1 and 2 /Registered ODP
- Registered with Nursing & Midwifery Council/HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Relevant specialist Course
- Surgical First assistance course
- Prep for mentors or equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of clinical issues within the Theatre Department
- Current NHS Issues
Desirable criteria
- Experience in two or more areas, i.e. recovery/scrub/anaesthetics
Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist clinical skills
- Assesses patients & their care needs
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates ability to use own initiative
- Effective & concise communication skills demonstrated.
- Communication of sensitive information, which will need reassurance and empathic communication skills
- Demonstrate & understanding /use of constructive analysis to improve team performance.
- To mentor pre and post-registration students & other learners.
Desirable criteria
- Organisational skills
- Experience to take delegated responsibility
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Wiseman
- Job title
- Theatre Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01892741137
- Additional information
Javier Suarez Team Lead
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