Theatres Practitioner

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Are you a band 5 Nurse looking to work in a busy and challenging Operating department? We would love you to come and join our fantastic Operating Team at Milton Keynes University NHS Hospital.

Milton Keynes University Hospitals NHS Trust is a medium sized, level 2 trauma facility, comprising approximately 500 beds.

This is an excellent opportunity for qualified Theatre nurses/ Anaesthetic nurses/ registered ODP, with experience as scrub/ anaesthetic practitioners, to join our team within the busy operating department. Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) consists of 12 theatres and 2 recovery areas, over two sites within the hospital. We cover a range of specialities including trauma and orthopaedic, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, obstetrics, ENT and ophthalmology.

At MKUHFT there are exciting opportunities to train to be part of our Surgical teams performing procedures with the use of the Versius Surgical Robot. Milton Keynes was one of the first Trusts in the country to use this innovative system that enables clinicians to perform complex procedures with reduced impact on our patients resulting in faster recovery times, less time in hospital and a reduced risk of infections in Colorectal, General Surgery and Gynaecology.

We also routinely run Paediatric Super Days, Cancer Surgery Super Days and high volume, low complexity lists for ophthalmology and orthopaedics.

Interview date: 28th April 2025

Flexibility is embraced, with 64% expressing satisfaction with the flexible working patterns available to accommodate diverse needs. (NHS Staff Survey 2023)

This is a 37.5 hour a week full-time post covering 24 hours/7 days a week service and will therefore require internal rotation between day and night shifts and on-calls. You will be given a rotation plan to ensure you maintain competencies in 2 or 3 areas of practice to support your professional development. Multi-skilled nurses, ODPs, and Anaesthetic/scrub with current experience are also encouraged to apply.

This opportunity will give you the chance to work alongside our outstanding teams within the Operating Departments. You are expected to work to high standards and maintain clinical excellence within the operating theatres, providing excellent care to all patients visiting the department. Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

To ensure safe and effective supervision within our theatre team and to provide skilled assistance in at least two of the three areas of the operating department (anaesthetics, scrub and recovery) whilst being responsible for providing the highest level of care to our patients at all times within the framework of the HPC & NMC codes of professional conduct.

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Join #TeamSurgery at Milton Keynes University Hospital

The surgery division at MKUH, which covers specialties including theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, offers a variety of roles and opportunities, both clinical and non-clinical. The division is looking for passionate, enthusiastic and forward-thinking professionals to join the team.

MKUH is one of the leading hospitals in Europe for implementing robotics to assist in surgery, becoming the first in the continent to use the CMR Versius robot for gynaecological surgery. Since its introduction in 2019, the theatres team have completed over 500 surgical cases, the first hospital in the UK to reach this milestone, achieving this in March 2023.

As well as being an innovator in robotics, the Trust is proud to be part of the New Hospital Programme, with plans to expand and increase our surgical capacity to meet the health needs of our communities now and in the future.

With a leading benefits package, and a growing hospital estate to meet one of the fastest growing populations in the country, it is a great time to join MKUH.

Find out more about working in #TeamSurgery at MKUH from the people who work across the division in the video below.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Sarnecki Job title: Elective Pathway Matron - Theatres Email address: [e-mail]

Informal visits are encouraged to meet our team and get a feel for the great work we do. For any further information please contact Audrey Hanopol at [e-mail], or Jeff Mejares on [e-mail]