Theatre Specialist Scrub - Cleft & Plastics

Job overview

The post holder will work in the Birmingham Children’s Hospital clinical theatre areas to assure high standards of clinical care by providing direction, advice and intervention.

The post holder will contribute to the achievement of clinical group and corporate objectives and the required local and national quality and governance standards by ensuring that all required audits, assessments and reviews are completed within the agreed timeframes that action plans are regularly monitored and integrated into clinical practice within the designated area of responsibility.

The post holder will assist in the development of theatre practitioners and Theatre Support Staff, which will be directly employed by the service and/or on rotation.

The post holder will be accountable for ensuring the quality of the patient and family experience during their Peri-operative journey, through evidence-based nursing/theatre practice, including collaboration with the Multi-disciplinary Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will demonstrate extensive expert clinical knowledge and skills in Cleft surgery, Hand surgery, Facial Palsy and Allograft surgery. It is expected that they will work in theatre attire in the clinical environment whilst undertaking their specialist role- demonstrating specialist skills which will support others in the area to learn and teach safely and effectively.

The post holder will actively participate in service provision of the Theatres Department undertaking regular Out of Hours shifts, Weekend Shifts, General and/or specialty On-calls, providing specialty skills and knowledge to support service delivery and to ensure that safety standards are maintained whilst supporting and teaching of junior members of the team to deliver professional evidence-based care.

The post holder will work alongside their Theatre Lead to ensure their specialty has the right skills available for their service, as well as the right equipment, that their team know how to use in the safe delivery of high standards of care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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