Part-time post in the Theatre Unit at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, covering 14 theatres, recovery and an HDU. The post-holder runs their own theatre list, keeps patients safe, manages equipment and drugs, and mentors newer staff. Work centres on mainly elective orthopaedic surgery, with rotations across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery and some out-of-hours emergency cover. Applicants need either NMC registration with an accredited anaesthetic qualification or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner.
What the job involves
- Provide safe, quality patient care within the unit under Trust and unit policy
- Be responsible for running your own theatre list safely, working closely with the multidisciplinary team
- Assess patients and make complex decisions, including surgical emergencies and co-ordinating out-of-hours specialist surgery
- Support and reassure patients and relatives through local and spinal anaesthesia, including delivering difficult information
- Ensure the health and safety of staff, patients and visitors, reporting incidents, accidents and near misses
- Manage equipment, reporting faults for repair, documenting safe use and ensuring economic use of supplies
- Order, store, dispense and record drugs in line with Trust policy
- Support the Co-ordinator in managing the unit, including list changes with Recovery
- Develop the clinical skills of new staff as mentor or preceptor, and act as a link practitioner and role model
- Take part in audits, clinical trials and service improvements, and help propose and develop unit policies
- Complete mandatory annual training and meet NMC, HCPC and CPD requirements
- Retrieve and input patient information on Trust IT systems, including EPR, PAS, TIMS, TIS and Fingerprint
What’s required
Qualifications
- Recognised anaesthetic qualification (nurse route)
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a nurse, or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner
Experience
- Able to work unsupervised in an anaesthetic room, theatre or surgical setting, including on-call responsibilities
Skills & knowledge
- Basic IT skills
- Team working
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Manual dexterity
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication
Other
- Able to undertake the OSCE without support
Nice to have
- Specialist orthopaedic experience
- Problem-solving skills in an anaesthetic or surgical setting
- Basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
What’s offered
- Staff benefits package
- Professional development opportunities
- Rotation across anaesthetics, scrub and recovery
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
