Senior Peri-operative Assistant
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Job overview
Senior Perioperative assistant, Wharfedale Theatres
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Theatres and Anaesthesia for a Senior Perioperative assistant to join the Wharfedale Theatre Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at Wharfedale where we have just opened our brand-new operating theatres. You will be joining a growing team in a 4-theatre operating suite. The Senior Perioperative assistant role within theatres takes on the role of the Scrub Practitioner where you will scrub for a variety of clinical procedures in several different specialties supported by Registered staff. You will also work in the circulating role, supporting the effective running of operating lists, positioning and pressure area care of the patient and organisation of equipment. You will also work in the recovery area, supporting the registered staff to care for patients post operatively.
You will have Significant experience of working within a perioperative setting and have NVQ 3 in Health and Social care, Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support, or equivalent health care related qualification and hold an additional Perioperative Scrub Qualification.
If this sounds like a perfect fit for you then please get in touch and start your journey with the Wharfedale Team.
Main duties of the job
The jobholder will work within theatres providing direct and indirect care for patients in support of Perioperative Practitioners, and medical staff under the supervision of a registered Perioperative practitioner. The jobholder is expected to deliver and maintain high standards of acute and planned care.
The role will undertake a defined scrub role. Senior Perioperative Assistants are expected to perform in the scrub role to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust standard, but will cover a more limited range of procedures agreed for the surgical speciality they are allocated to as detailed in the Assessment of procedures appropriate for a Band 3 Senior Perioperative Assistant document.
The job holder will communicate with members of the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate continuity of care and promote effective team working.
The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
This developing role is part of the perioperative team working with Surgeons, Anaesthetists and Perioperative Practitioners to ensure that every operation is as safe and effective as possible.
The jobholder will work within an area providing direct and indirect care for patients in support of Perioperative Practitioners, and medical staff under the supervision of a registered Perioperative practitioner. The jobholder is expected to deliver and maintain high standards of acute and planned care.
The role will undertake a defined scrub role after training and competency assessment. Senior Perioperative Assistants are expected to perform in the scrub role to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust standard, but will cover a more limited range of procedures agreed for the surgical speciality they are allocated to.
The job holder will communicate with members of the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate continuity of care and promote effective team working.
The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.
JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
This developing role is part of the perioperative team working with Surgeons, Anaesthetists and Perioperative Practitioners to ensure that every operation is as safe and effective as possible.
The jobholder will work within an area providing direct and indirect care for patients in support of Perioperative Practitioners, and medical staff under the supervision of a registered Perioperative practitioner. The jobholder is expected to deliver and maintain high standards of acute and planned care.
The role will undertake a defined scrub role after training and competency assessment. Senior Perioperative Assistants are expected to perform in the scrub role to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust standard, but will cover a more limited range of procedures agreed for the surgical speciality they are allocated to.
The job holder will communicate with members of the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate continuity of care and promote effective team working.
The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.