Senior Peri-operative Assistant (XR03) in Leeds

An exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Senior Perioperative Assistant within the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust to join the CURE Team at SJUH. The CURE team is a large team that covers Colorectal, Urology, Robot and EGS surgery at SJUH. As part of this role, the successful candidate will work as part of the theatre team providing care to patients during their theatre journey from ward to recovery.

Main duties of the job:

• The successful candidate will be actively involved in providing direct and indirect care for patients in support of Perioperative Practitioners and medical staff under the supervision of a registered Perioperative Practitioner.
• Preparing and maintaining theatre, managing supplies and being involved in patient positioning.
• Senior Perioperative Assistants are expected to perform in the scrub role to the same standard as perioperative practitioners, but will cover a more limited range of procedures agreed for the surgical speciality they are allocated to, which is predominantly Urology based.

About us:

LTHT are committed to support, uphold and demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT, which are: Accountable, Empowered. At LTHT we work towards a workplace which is committed to respectful behaviours, dignity, confidentiality, quality, efficiency, equal and human rights as well as recognising the contribution of all members within the team. The importance of working together to provide quality and safe patient care.

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Job responsibilities:

• The jobholder will assist in the overall implementation and evaluation of care as part of the multi-professional team.
• The jobholder is expected to plan, implement, deliver and maintain high standards of patient care.
• The jobholder will be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) and acting on own initiative to achieve the planned outcome and to contribute to ensuring that every operation is as safe and effective as possible.
• The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.
• The jobholder will be expected to lead a team of perioperative assistants and apprentice perioperative assistants.
• The jobholder will be expected to practice in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies, guidelines, standards and statutory requirements and operate within defined competency boundaries.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Experience of working within a healthcare setting delivering clinical and personal care.
• Experience of working within a perioperative setting.

Other criteria:

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Positive, compassionate and caring attitude.
• Motivated.
• Flexible and adaptable.

Skills & behaviours:

• Effectively communicate with patients, their families and/or carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Competent in written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to accept delegation and work acting on own initiative without direct supervision.
• Able to organise and prioritise workload.

Qualifications:

• NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care, Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support, or equivalent health care related qualification.
• Additional Perioperative Scrub Qualification. In the absence of a scrub qualification, it will be necessary to complete this qualification in the first 12 months of employment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.