Theatre Scrub Practitioner /ODP

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job description

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

We have vacancies for Band 5 Theatre Scrub Practitioner / ODP to join the Theatre team.

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse to join our theatre team in CMH Theatres. We have nine modern operating theatres and a fully equipped recovery unit. We cover a range of specialities in acute and elective surgery, including Colorectal, General, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology surgery, and Electives Orthopaedics.

You will be an RGN / ODP with post-registration experience in peri-operative nursing (scrubbing and circulating) to join our theatre team. The applicant would be expected to work in all specialities with a rotation base.

You should have good communication and interpersonal skills, be willing to learn, and be prepared to utilise your skills in all peri-operative areas. A willingness to monitor the usage of equipment to ensure efficiency and cost-effective working is advantageous.

This post involves early, late duty, long day, on-call, and working Monday to Saturday.

We have a tradition of excellence, and our vision is simple: to provide high-quality peri-operative care and invest in you, the people who deliver care. We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our team.

For further information and informal visits, please contact Matron Prabhudas Awale on 02084532162 or 07825605991.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in developing and consolidating a cohesive and supportive team within the peri-operative environment.
• Ensure good communication verbally and via formal documentation and electronic sources with all members of the peri-operative nursing, multidisciplinary team, patients, and families to ensure patients receive optimum care.
• Maintain the patient's right to privacy and dignity at all times.
• Communicate with all colleagues in a courteous and sympathetic manner.
• Act as an advocate for the patient and family.
• Ensure carers/family and visitors are aware of policies, standards/guidelines relevant to the patient's care or clinical area.
• Work in partnership with the patient and family and other health care professionals in care/discharge planning.
• Accept responsibility; be aware and able to locate all policies relating to good working practice within the clinical area and adhere to them.
• Recognize the legal implications of nursing documentation, therefore maintaining accurate records.
• Maintain accurate and legible records of patient care in line with Trust policies and NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct.
• Adhere to the NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct and Trust policies pertaining to patient confidentiality, the Data Protection Act, and Caldicott Recommendations.
• To adhere to the Trust swabs/instruments/needles count policy and WHO surgical checklist procedures.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services, including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as a 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Theatre nursing

• RGN/ODP, Current NMC registration, Current HCPC registration.
• Knowledge and experience: Have appropriate knowledge and skills to provide holistic care to patients in a perioperative and day care setting.
• Ability to learn peri-operative skills. Basic insight into peri-operative practice.

Skills, abilities and attributes

• Competent to undertake a variety of roles within the ACAD and BECAD complex (to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate the specialised nursing care of adults being prepared for, undergoing, and recovering from anaesthesia).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £34,521 to £41,956 a year inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement.