Senior Anaesthetic Practitioner/ODP Cath Lab
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical - Core
• Assess, plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate the peri-operative care of patients using specialist knowledge and skills.
• Acknowledge personal preferences, rights and choice of patients undergoing procedures.
• Maintain health, safety, and the control of infection in clinical work areas in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• Store, prepare and administer prescribed drugs to patients, and monitor the effects of drugs on patients in line with Trust policies.
• Prepare, monitor, and maintain materials and equipment for clinical procedures, take action if found to be faulty.
• Support, monitor and care for patients during clinical procedures.
• Contribute to treating patients during clinical emergencies.
• Receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedures.
• Maintain accurate & legible records of care.
Clinical - Anaesthetics
• Assess requirements of safe anaesthesia within the Cath Lab and identify plan for recovery.
• Provide all necessary equipment and materials for the list.
• Monitor all equipment used, act if found to be faulty.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of operative procedures/departmental procedures.
• Demonstrate budgetary control, ordering and supplying materials required within agreed budgets.
Teamwork
• Communicate effectively with other members of the Cath Lab team, Anaesthetist and other clinical work areas.
• Acknowledge and value people's roles within the team.
• Recognise own and other limitations within the team and take appropriate action.
• Provide required resources for anticipated workload and to cover 24-hour emergency rotas as required.
• Work together with other professional groups within the Cath Lab to ensure effective & efficient use of funded Cath Lab time.
• Participate in achieving the aims of the department/Trust.
Leadership and Innovation
• Effectively support and act as a team leader within the Cath Lab.
• Delegate tasks appropriately.
• Demonstrate a flexible attitude to changes. Support and implement new changes in practice within the Cath Lab department and the Trust.
• Contribute new ideas for change to meet patient and staff needs, provide recommendations, and evaluate change.
• Recognise, prevent, and diffuse areas of conflict within the Cath Lab environment.
• Contribute to the effective & efficient utilisation of Cath Lab resources, identify shortfalls & liaise with the Clinical Service Manager.
• Carry out Personal Development Reviews to meet personal and service objectives.
Education and Coaching
• Continually develop own knowledge by evaluating and reflecting on practice.
• Maintain a professional profile.
• Create a learning environment in Cath Lab.
• Act as an assessor/mentor/preceptor to members of staff.
• Teach others within the Cath Lab about safety for patients undergoing procedures under general anaesthetic or sedation.
• Develop and evaluate learning materials.
• Ensure effective supervision and assessment of students within Cath Lab.
• Act as a role model to the Cath Lab team.
• Promote clinical supervision activity.
Research/Governance
• Identify clinical practice problems and offer new ideas to improve standards of care in the Cath Lab.
• Undertake risk assessment in line with Trust policy.
• Participate in, utilise, and disseminate research to inform practice.
• Contribute to the development of clinical polices/procedures/guidelines/standards of care within the Cath Lab department.
• Participate in Clinical Governance Activity:
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- Audit Activity
- Data Collection
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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Knowledge
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Skills
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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders
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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.
Documents to download
- Job Description (DOCX, 403.7KB)
- UHCW Post Card (PDF, 114.3KB)
- Candidate Information (PDF, 406.1KB)
- Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB)
- How to complete an application form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)