Scrub Theatre Practitioner

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated registered practitioner (Nurse or ODP) with excellent clinical knowledge & scrub skills to join  a core multidisciplinary team within the theatres at Manchester Royal Infirmary.  In return for your dedication, you’ll benefit from in-house training to develop your core competencies, together with opportunities to undertake further courses in support of your ongoing development. We have a Preceptorship Programme and excellent PBE's  and Clinical Educators on hand to support. Newly qualified nurses and ODP's encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

To develop to become an autonomous practitioner across all specialties with the indirect support of senior staff.

Participate in staff rotation through the various specialties.

Plan the day’s activity relating to surgery regarding equipment and patient care.

Provide peri-operative care in a systematic planned process using a series of integrated steps, focusing interventions on individual patients’ needs.

Establish and maintain the sterile field ensuring minimisation of risk of infection through effective procedures.

Accountability for swabs, needles instrumentation and other equipment used during the procedure.

Safe labelling and transportation of specimens.

Prepare and return instruments for decontamination to the third party sterile services provider, with appropriate paperwork and reporting any missing items or other defects.

Provide skilled support to the scrubbed practitioner in the role of circulator.

Maintain responsibility for the identification of own continuing educational needs and development and take part in annual appraisal.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive.  We look forward to receiving your application.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.