Theatre Practitioner - Newly Qualified

Job overview

Theatre Practitioner - Newly Qualified

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Closing Date: 20th May 2025

Interview Date: 30th June 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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Recently rated as 'GOOD' by the CQC

This role would involve working within Theatres as a Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetics, Scrub and Recovery, or at least of the 2 of the 3 areas.

The post holder will work with the multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining policies, Standards of NMC/HCPC care and staff development, as part of the perioperative team.

You should act as a role model showing evidence of the specialist skills and knowledge that will enable you to deliver prescribed treatment and care for patients in an individual and sensitive manner.

Show a willingness to learn new skills for own Professional Development.

Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts Policies and guidelines

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
• Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
• Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected.
• Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.
• Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
• Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift
• Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one’s own abilities and limitations.
• To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts policies and guidelines
• Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
• Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
• Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected.
• Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.
• Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
• Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift
• Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one’s own abilities and limitations.
• To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
• Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients and contribute to cost improvement programmes.
• Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management.
• Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations.
• Ensure that adequate skill mix is available to meet the needs of the patients. If deficits are unavoidable, contact the appropriate Senior Staff for support.
• Ensure that concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues are resolved where possible and reported to the Team Leader / Senior Team Leader
• Deputise for the Team Leader as and when necessary.
• Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of any professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
• Ensure that Revalidation requirements for NMC/HCPC Registration are adhered.
• To act as an ambassador for the clinical environment promoting a professional image of a Theatre Practitioner role.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.