Theatre Practitioner - KIMS Hospital, Maidstone
ODP | Theatre Nurse | Perioperative Practitioner | Scrub Practitioner | Scrub Nurse | Full Time | Permanent
Are you a skilled Nurse or ODP who is patient orientated with experience working in a fast-paced environment? Are you keen to work in an AfPP accredited theatres team and develop your career in a modern and supportive environment? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you.
We are looking for a strong and motivated Nurse or ODP to join our perioperative team as a Theatre Practitioner.
You will be a key member of our multi-disciplinary theatres team, working within scrub, anaesthetics, or recovery to ensure the highest standard of clinical care and safety for patients within the theatre unit.
This role is for 37.5 hours per week, working 07:45 – 17:45 for 4 days between Monday and Saturday. Saturdays will be on average 1 per month.
Main duties of the job
As Theatre Practitioner you will: Work primarily as a scrub practitioner, with the occasional need to work as an anaesthetic or recovery practitioner (once full training is given if required). Assess and implement patient care requirements and evaluate outcomes. Communicate effectively with other departments e.g. Sterile Services, Wards, Imaging Department to ensure effective and smooth-running patient care. Ensure that patients’ comfort, dignity, and privacy are always maintained. Ensure that your own practice and the practice of others is within an ethical and legal framework. Person Specification
Qualifications
Be a qualified and registered Practitioner (RN or ODP). Experience
Be patient orientated with a focus on continuous service improvement. Have evidence of continuous professional development and its application. Have post-registration clinical experience as a Scrub and Anaesthetic or Recovery Practitioner in an acute hospital (NHS or independent). Experience of planning, co-ordinating and running the daily workload in a theatre suite, including the supervision of staff. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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As Theatre Practitioner you will: Work primarily as a scrub practitioner, with the occasional need to work as an anaesthetic or recovery practitioner (once full training is given if required). Assess and implement patient care requirements and evaluate outcomes. Communicate effectively with other departments e.g. Sterile Services, Wards, Imaging Department to ensure effective and smooth-running patient care. Ensure that patients’ comfort, dignity, and privacy are always maintained. Ensure that your own practice and the practice of others is within an ethical and legal framework. Person Specification
Qualifications
Be a qualified and registered Practitioner (RN or ODP). Experience
Be patient orientated with a focus on continuous service improvement. Have evidence of continuous professional development and its application. Have post-registration clinical experience as a Scrub and Anaesthetic or Recovery Practitioner in an acute hospital (NHS or independent). Experience of planning, co-ordinating and running the daily workload in a theatre suite, including the supervision of staff. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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