Theatre Practitioner - South Theatres *£6000 incentive*

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 6,000; Part time

Job description

This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £6,000 pro rata (conditions apply)

Ipswich Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Theatre Practitioner to join our caring, supportive, and compassionate team. This post is ideal if you are passionate about your profession and committed to delivering high-quality patient focused care.

This post is integral to the effectiveness of South Theatres new surgical hub and provides an excellent opportunity for a motivated and skilled individual to play a fundamental role in the development of Elective and Emergency surgery at the Ipswich Hospital.

South Theatres and the new surgical hub provide both Elective and Emergency surgery. The department provides 24-hour cover for Emergency Surgery and has 8 operating theatres, which consists of a dedicated Emergency and urgent surgery Theatres, and 6 Elective Theatres.

This post is available to Allied Health Professionals - Operating Department Practitioners and registered nurses with exceptional theatre/scrub experience.

The role will be working in both the new and existing theatres, for Ipswich hospital. This is an exciting opportunity with the newest innovation at the Trust being the introduction of robotic surgery using the Da Vinci Robot.

(Part time hours considered)

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• You will demonstrate your professional commitment to patients, their families and carers.
• You will be committed to actively seeking the views of those who use and those who work within our services and responding effectively to that feedback.
• You will work as part of a team to ensure the highest standards are maintained at all times.
• You will collaborate with a wide range of people and professional groups to improve the services we provide.
• You will support our patients through their journey within the theatres department.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Stedman Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail]