Spec Peri-operative Practitioner (XR06) in Leeds

Are you a Nurse looking for a new challenge? The exciting and ever-growing speciality of Interventional Radiology may be just for you. This training role will suit you whether you have previous experience in theatre or are just starting out in your career and interested in a fast-paced department. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team, committed to patient-centred and evidence-based care of the highest standard, to work within the interventional radiology department here at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

You will rotate around 3 sites (LGI, SJUH and Bexley Wing) and enhance your knowledge of radiology-based procedures as an interventional radiology nurse. This involves the care of conscious patients undergoing elective and acute, diagnostic and sometimes complex multi-organ vascular procedures such as embolisation of tumours/haemorrhage, angioplasty, stenting, nephrostomy insertion, tumour ablations, and acute urological and vascular procedures and stroke thrombectomy.

This post is being advertised as B6 annex 21. It is aimed but not exclusive to candidates currently working at Band 5 who are ready to develop specialist nursing skills associated with interventional radiology theatres and looking for a progressive role to a band 6 position. All candidates will be considered based on their experience, knowledge and skills.

This training role offers an excellent opportunity to develop key skills, especially in scrubbing to assist with theatre procedures. You will be involved in perioperative patient care, including administering IV medication and post-operative care such as sheath removal. The role requires close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, including consultants, radiographers, and other healthcare professionals.

A new radiology development pathway is available to support your growth, helping you gain the competencies needed for the Band 6 Specialist Peri-Operative Practitioner role, with training lasting up to 24 months. As you progress, you will be able to work on call across both sites. This role is ideal for those pursuing a career in radiology theatres, offering the chance to gain essential competencies under the guidance of experienced colleagues.

You will build specialist knowledge, preparing you for a Senior Peri-Operative Practitioner role. You will deliver high-quality patient care while ensuring efficient use of resources. After completing the training, you will lead a sub-specialty within Interventional Radiology, such as neurology, tissue viability, or infection control. You will work with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient care, theatre performance, and quality, while also contributing to the evaluation of pre- and post-operative care. Regular updates with the senior nursing team are also included in the role.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals has one of the largest Interventional Radiology departments in the UK and is a regional, national and international centre for some of the most innovative treatments available. This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to develop new clinical skills and knowledge in an exciting, cutting-edge speciality, through a structured mentoring and preceptorship programme that will be tailored to your learning needs and will encourage your own development within the role.

The department is cross-site at Leeds General Infirmary and St. James Hospital and typical working hours are Mon-Fri 08:00 to 17:00hrs. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed.

As an experienced practitioner, the jobholder will co-ordinate activities within the peri-operative environment ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times, providing support to qualified and unqualified staff within the department. The jobholder will play a key role in the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

The jobholder will play an essential role assisting the deputy/team leader in leading and teaching the peri-operative teams throughout the 24-hour period. The jobholder will act as a role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice, developing the peri-operative team and ensuring effective management of the department in the absence of the deputy/team leaders.

In order to carry out the job sufficiently and effectively, you will have successfully attained and be able to provide documented confirmation of all required interventional radiology competencies for the role as detailed in the addendum. Alternatively, under Annex 21, working towards (up to a maximum of 2 years) undertaking the required training programme and competencies to enable you to undertake the role, you will be supported to develop an extensive range of competencies and specialist knowledge within the discipline through extensive practical experience, in-house training and structured study and will continue to develop your skills and knowledge subject to the requirements of continuous professional development (CPD).

Experience: Significant post-registration Peri-operative or equivalent experience at Advanced within relevant specialty. Insight into clinical speciality standards of professional practice. Broad-based experience and experience of surgical specialty.

Qualifications: Registered Nurse, recognised teaching/assessing qualification or demonstrable teaching/assessing evidence, relevant documented evidence of role competencies detailed within the SPOP development plan.

Skills & Behaviours: Teaching and assessing skills, communication skills, time management skills, preceptorship skills, understanding of research-based practice, team player, ability to act professionally.

Other Criteria: Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood-borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.

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.