Bank Theatre Practitioner (RN) in Westbury

Independent Health Group (IHG) has an opportunity for a Theatre Practitioner (RN) to join our friendly surgical team in White Horse Health Centre on an hourly paid basis. We are looking for someone who can promote best practices within their scope but who is aligned with our values. You will put patients at the heart of everything you do, ensuring that patient safety and excellent clinical outcomes remain top priorities. In every interaction, you will treat patients with the utmost respect, dignity, empathy, honesty, and compassion. We are currently unable to offer sponsorship for visas; therefore, all candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering Patient Care: Provide high-quality care throughout the perioperative process, adhering to Independent Health Group policies and procedures.
• Theatre List Coordination: Support efficient theatre list coordination, ensuring timely start and finish times to optimise workflow.
• Circulating Duties: Be proficient in circulating duties to effectively support Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) undertaking this role, ensuring smooth workflow and patient care.
• Equipment and Theatre Preparation: Ensure all required equipment and theatre preparations are completed in advance to prevent delays or cancellations.
• Theatre Suite Hygiene: Maintain a clean and safe surgical environment, adhering to all relevant hygiene protocols.
• Effective Communication: Provide support and reassurance to patients during local anaesthetic procedures.
• Record-Keeping: Maintain accurate, timely, and reflective clinical records in both paper and digital formats.
• Upholding Patient Safety Standards: Adhere to WHO surgical safety guidelines and promote a culture of speaking up for safety.
• Quality Improvement and Audits: Engage in quality improvement initiatives, contribute to audits, report incidents, and support resource management.
• Resuscitation Competency: Maintain up-to-date competence in emergency resuscitation techniques.
• Waste Management and Infection Prevention & Control (IPC): Ensure safe waste disposal and strict adherence to IPC measures.
• Escalation Protocols: Use NEWS2 scoring to detect early signs of patient deterioration.
• Health and Safety: Uphold workplace safety standards, including safe sharps management and fire safety.
• Promoting a Culture of Safety: Follow established safety protocols to maintain high standards of care.
• Incident Reporting and Investigations: Ensure timely incident reporting and actively contribute to patient safety investigations.

Ongoing Professional Development

• Ensure Competence & Self-Directed Learning: Identify personal learning and professional development needs.
• Professional Knowledge and Competence: Keep abreast of professional best practices and maintain your professional registration.

Person Specification

• Knowledge and Skills: Understanding of high-quality clinical care, effective communication, clear written and verbal skills, teamwork in a multi-disciplinary setting, familiar with electronic patient records, willing to develop scrub skills, knowledge of WHO protocols and NEWS2 scoring, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) knowledge.
• Experience: Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, scrub-trained for day cases, governance and risk management experience, quality improvement involvement.
• Qualifications: Degree in relevant field or equivalent, Registered Nurse (NMC), evidence of ongoing professional development, Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification.
• Additional Requirements: Flexibility to travel between sites as required.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.