Band 6 - Senior Theatre Practitioner, Theatres- Anaesthetics

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assist the anaesthetist. Plan and organise equipment for operating list. Communicate within the MDT. Participate in service improvements and audit. Leadership role when holding the emergency bleep. Main confidentiality and dignity. Understanding of escalation policy.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level registration with the NMC ODP registration.
• Evidence of professional development

Desirable criteria

• Working towards a degree
• ILS/ALS.
• Post-registration education programme related to speciality

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of relevant political and professional issues in health care.
• Understanding of principles of budget management

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of developing care pathways

Experience

Essential criteria

• Considerable experience within the speciality
• Teaching and facilitating experience
• Commitment to clinical effectiveness and evidence based care
• Experience as a Band 5
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance & Benchmarking

Skills and ability

Essential criteria

• Ability to articulate a vision for theatre practitioners
• Ability to command the confidence of colleagues
• Effective team working and facilitation skills with an ability to work autonomously as appropriate
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to write clear, concise and relevant reports, communication orally and in written form with

Desirable criteria

• Computer literate
• Experience of evaluating clinical practice using
• Research and/or audit techniques.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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