The post sits in the theatre team at Newmedica's high-volume cataract surgery service, scrubbing for surgeons through a daily list. The work also covers setting up theatre, managing medicines, clinical audit, patient records and clinical waste. It is a fast, process-driven role seeing 18 to 22 patients a day, worked as 37.5 hours over four days with occasional weekend rota shifts. Proven theatre experience and current NMC registration are needed.
What the job involves
- Scrub for the surgeon through the daily theatre list, keeping to patient safety, clinical compliance and hygiene standards
- Set up theatre ready for patients, including vitrectomy set-up
- Anticipate problems in theatre and resolve them with the surgeon
- Maintain a full understanding of phaco machines and instrumentation, including their set-up
- Maintain knowledge of the eye, biometry, lens bank and implants
- Clean down theatre at the end of the day
- Manage medicines and ensure correct clinical waste disposal
- Keep accurate patient health records, electronic or handwritten
- Take part in clinical audit and research projects as required
- Put patients at ease through empathetic, friendly care
- Train and develop clinical and other staff
- Work to the NMC code of practice, with CPD and clinical governance commitment
Qualifications
- Nursing degree or equivalent qualification
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration
Experience
- Theatre training and substantive theatre experience
- Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of clinical practice and demonstrable knowledge of developments in optometry
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office and computerised systems for data input, output and review
Checks & eligibility
- Disclosure of all convictions, spent or not
Nice to have
- Hospital eye service or private eye clinic experience
- Ability to set up for vitrectomy surgery
- Full understanding of phaco instrumentation
- Working knowledge of biometry, lens bank and implants
- Experience of problem solving with the surgeon during theatre lists
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-volume theatre setting
- Experience of training and coaching others
- Ability to adapt to different theatre environments and surgeons
What’s offered
- Access to various learning tools and courses
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
