Senior Theatre Practitioner

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Job overview

An exciting Band 5 opportunity has risen for a highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner, NMC Registered Nurse (Level 1) or a Registered Operating Department Practitioner with excellent communication skills to develop their theatre skills.

Alan Cummings Day Surgery Unit consists of 6 Theatres and a 30 bedded ward area, situated within the Princess Royal University Hospital premises in Farnborough.

The successful candidate will be working in a busy and fast pace area working within a multidisciplinary team caring for patients undergoing Gynaecology, Vascular, General surgery, Breast, laparoscopic, Dental, orthopaedics, Urology, Pain, Max Fax, Paediatrics and ENT Surgery.

Main duties of the job

• To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both perioperative patients and their relatives within the King's College Hospital.
• Work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide continuing care to a group of patients from admission to discharge in the department.
• To assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of practitioners within the Department.
• To act as a clinical resource within the Department and across the Care Group as necessary.
• To act as appositive role model to junior members of staff.

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To deliver a high standard of evidence based care to a specified group of patients.
• To adhere to HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics or the NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times.
• To support patients, relatives, carers and friends and where appropriate involve them in the care of the patient.
• To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, identifying each opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multi disciplinary team to ensure the relevant information regarding the patient's needs/condition are communicated to them (including handover), and that any instructions from them regarding the patient's care/condition are acted upon.
• To adhere to the Trust policy on valuing equality and diversity in the workplace, which incorporates the patients/visitors' and staff.
• To acknowledge personal limitations in your practice and seek advice from senior staff members.
• To rotate to other clinical areas within the department as required or as identified as a personal development need in the appraisal process.
• To be involved with department audit.
• To report adverse incidents which occur in the department as per policy and assist in the investigation of such incidences as necessary.
• To demonstrate effective communication and customer care skills with patients and their relatives/carers, thereby acting as a positive role model.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications.

Essential criteria

• 1st level Registered general Nurse (NMC Pin) or Registered Operating Department Practitioner.

Knowledge and Experience.

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area / sphere of responsibilities.

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

• Communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. Adapts communication style as necessary and is able to work with and through others.
• Team building and working skills - able to lead a team to achieve results.

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• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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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

• JD (PDF, 408.4KB)
• Princess Royal (PRUH) Site map (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Visa and Sponsorship Information (PDF, 352.6KB)