Bank Perioperative Practitioner Reading

Spire Dunedin Hospital is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Scrub Practitioner to join our high-performing Theatre Team on our flexible Bank. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside some of the region's most respected Consultants, supporting a wide range of complex and varied surgical procedures. As part of our dedicated team, you will play a key role in delivering outstanding patient care within a supportive, fast-paced, and professional theatre environment.

Spire Dunedin Hospital has been serving the Reading community for over 100 years, as a first-class medical facility. Based in the heart of Reading, the hospital has two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, Oncology services and an Endoscopy Suite.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Scrub for Consultant led surgeries that vary in complexity and specialism, such as orthopaedics, cosmetics, gynae and ENT.
• Develop care plans that are appropriate to the patient, taking into consideration the care pathway, perioperative risks and their wellbeing.
• Support in assessing patient’s health and well-being across a complex and changing caseload, assisting in the delivery of care to meet the patient’s needs.
• Actively promote best practice and contribute towards quality improvements, collect, collate and organize data, interpret all of the information and make a justifiable assessment, making this available to relevant others.
• Develop a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security and infection control, lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices.

Who we are looking for:

• Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner with at least 2 years scrub experience.
• Current NMC/HCPC registration with no restriction on practice.
• Experience of working in teams and with minimum supervision.
• Competence across a range of skills, supported by professional and clinical knowledge acquired through state registration/practitioner qualification.
• Highly motivated and used to working in challenging but rewarding environment. Orthopaedic experience would be highly desirable.

Benefits:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly.
• Competitive rates for bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave.
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won't be applicable for all).
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension.
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts.
• Smart spending discounts via 'Spire for You'.
• Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'.
• Free uniform.
• Free DBS.
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates.
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts.
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team.

Our Values:

• Driving clinical excellence.
• Doing the right thing.
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple.
• Delivering on our promises.
• Succeeding and celebrating together.

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.