Senior Theatre Practitioner - Main Theatres in Colchester

Would you like the opportunity to expand your skills, and be part of evolving and developing services? We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Theatre Practitioner to take the next step in their career as a Senior Theatre Practitioner in our Main Theatres team at Colchester Hospital.

This role is the lead for our Emergency Surgery CEPOD theatre; you may be required to provide cover for General/Laparoscopic, Vascular, Urology and Robotics theatres. You will need to be proficient in scrubbing for a variety of surgical specialities including general/laparoscopic, urology and gynaecology. Vascular scrubbing experience is desirable. You will manage and develop a nursing team to provide professional and clinical leadership in delivering high quality, safe, cost effective care across the department. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead for a smooth transition and ongoing professional development.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to use their broad knowledge of surgical procedures and instrumentation to provide patient-centred care.

• Be keen to develop as a multi skilled theatre practitioner
• Use your passion for education and developing others
• Use your good organisational and clinical skills, and support clinical excellence by developing learning
• Help drive change and be progressive and innovative
• Assist in undertaking audit and research
• Use your excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills, communicating well with all staff members and external organisations
• Be part of collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other healthcare professionals in the organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff with training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. We are investing in a digital transformation with Epic to bring a leading EPR system to ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

• Essential Qualifications: Registered Nurse Part 1, Evidence of Post registration qualification/specialist development, ODP NVQ Level 3, DipHe with D32/33 or equivalent
• Desirable: Diploma or working toward Health Care Management qualification, ENB 183 or Equivalent, Undertaken or willing to undertake recognised management course, Specialist Practice Module level 2 or equivalent/similar
• Experience: Excellent clinical skills within specialty, Proven experience Senior Theatre Practitioner level with knowledge of list suite management, Team Development, Teaching experience
• Desirable: Adequate years Senior Theatre Practitioner level with evidence of leadership and management, Evidence of managing change
• Knowledge: Problem solving approach, Day to day management responsibilities, Demonstrate knowledge of resource management within team, Demonstrate excellent clinical skills within the peri-operative setting

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service may be required. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.