Theatre Senior Staff

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Job overview

• The post holder will be responsible for the routine daily planning and organisation of the allocated theatre, for clinical procedures and practice and participate in the department's administration as required.
• The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development of programmes of care and their implementation and evaluation.
• The post holder will be a qualified nurse/ODP and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council/AODP with an up to date PIN number.
• The post holder is also expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision, and will be required to demonstrate procedures to, and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.
• The post holder will contribute to the overall good of the organisation by being a positive role model and to treat all staff, visitors and service users with courtesy.
• The post holder will undertake rotation across the specialities to cover the service where acquired skills allow.

Main duties of the job

• Monitor and maintain the quality of nursing activities and achieve the prescribed standards of nursing/ODP care set for the department.
• Maintain individualised nursing/ODP care according to guidance provided by the Professional Development Department and senior nursing staff.
• Provide counselling for patients, their relatives and nursing/ODP staff as appropriate.
• Liaise with colleagues and community staff to ensure continuity of clinical practice.
• Acting as a member of the theatre team.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain the quality of nursing activities and achieve the prescribed standards of nursing/ODP care set for the department.
• Maintain individualised nursing/ODP care according to guidance provided by the Professional Development Department and senior nursing staff.
• Provide counselling for patients, their relatives and nursing/ODP staff as appropriate.
• Liaise with colleagues and community staff to ensure continuity of clinical practice.

Acting as a member of the theatre team

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN/RN or Diploma / Degree in Operating Department Practitioner
• Proof of Registration with NMC (nurses)/ Health & Care Professions Council (ODP's)
• Relevant experience working within theatres as a scrub practitioner
• ENB 998 or recognised equivalent, Essential to have undertaken a mentorship course.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to work without clinical supervision.
• Ability to line manage staff in the absence of line manager.
• Essential leadership role skills.
• Able to work as a team member
• Able to manage learners
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good knowledge of all specialties

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria

• Professional manner
• Good communication skills with patients and colleagues of all disciplines
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Flexible and willing to rotate to all areas
• Flexible and willing to work variety of shift patterns including weekends/ nights/ on calls/ bank holidays
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to deal with stress

Attendance

Essential criteria

• Good attendance record

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form -

1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes -

1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information -

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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.
Documents to download

• band 6 Theatre nurse JD (PDF, 184.4KB)
• Band 6 theatre nurse PS (PDF, 224.4KB)
• Whittington Probationary Policy (PDF, 298.0KB)