Theatre Anaesthetic Practitioner

Main area Surgery Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent: Four working days. Monday-Friday. (Subject to change depending on Departmental/Hospital Requirements) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Four working days. Monday-Friday. (Subject to change depending on Departmental/Hospital Requirements)) Job ref 370-AHP5THE-2544

Employer North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Captain Sir Tom Moore Town Runcorn Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/ :59

Theatre Anaesthetic Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

If you are passionate about elective surgery and have a desire to work in a supportive, compassionate, and dedicated team, then this is the job for you.

Introduction

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Theatre Practitioner to join our Halton Site Theatres, inclusive of Nightingale and CSTM Theatre specialities. We welcome applications with experience, newly qualified ODP’s/RGN’s or students who are due to qualify within the next 6 months. All RGN Candidates must have additional recognised Anaesthetic Practice Qualifications outlined in the Person Specification. You will be fully supported with the adaptation to the department, including a preceptorship period for newly qualified candidates.

We are an elective surgical department, with a combined total of 8 Theatres, and 2 Procedure Rooms. We have recently completed our expansion and successfully constructed our 8 th Theatre and Procedure Room.

In March 2023, CSTM Theatres achieved a Gold Star Accreditation for Care & Excellence. We are a CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Currently working Monday to Friday with a potential of expanding to weekend working in the future ***

Main duties of the job

As an Anaesthetic Theatre Practitioner, you will be an integral part of the patient’s perioperative journey:

• Possessing excellent communication skills to promote patient safety, and theatre efficiency.
• Working within the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective patient care.
• Completing Perioperative Theatre checks.
• Participating in the Perioperative Management of patients.
• Completing designated theatre documentation, digital and paper formats.
• Setting up the Theatre alongside the highly skilled theatre team.
• Contributing towards advocacy and patient centred care of patients undergoing a variety of Anaesthetic and Surgical Procedures.
• Maintaining a clean, usable department, adhering to infection Control.
• Having a willingness to learn, striving for professional development.
• Possess a flexible approach to a fast-paced department, adapting to service requirements when necessary.
• Having an enthusiastic attitude towards teaching, supporting students and colleagues.
• Completing E-Learning and regularly organised training.
• Reporting to the Team Leaders to complete daily theatre orientated tasks.

Working for our organisation

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values :

Kind – we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone

Open – we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working

Fair – we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all

One team – we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Overview: Halton Site Theatres Halton Site Theatres currently support a weekday only provision with future potential development for a weekend service. (Subject to change dependant on organisational and departmental requirements)

The Nightingale building is part of our elective general surgery hospitals which has 3 Theatres and 1 Treatment Room for a varied range elective specialities and Chronic Pain services. Specialities consist of General, Breast, Gynaecology, Urology, ENT, Vascular, and Dental.

The Captain Sir Tom Moore Building is situated adjacent to the Nightingale Hospital.

CSTM Building:

We are a site with 5 laminar flow theatres and 1 Treatment Room and perform a wide range of Orthopaedic Surgery such as, Joint Replacement’s, Sports Injury, Trauma Injury and Elective Upper/Lower Limb Orthopaedic Procedures. CSTM also encompasses a varied range of specialities, including General, Breast, Gynaecology, Urology, ENT, Vascular, and Dental alongside its Orthopaedic provisions.

Warrington Hospital

There are 8 Theatres on the Warrington acute site which provide services for the following specialties: Gynaecology, Obstetrics, General, Urology, Breast Surgery, ENT, Dental, Colorectal, Ophthalmic, Trauma & Orthopaedic, and Paediatrics. We also provide a 24-hour Trauma, Obstetric and Emergency service. As part of this service, staff who are based on this site are required to support emergencies and provide an out of hours service including rotation onto nights and an on-call Rota.

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Person specification

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies.

• Comprehensive applied Anatomy and Physiology for Relevant clinical area.
• How evidence-based practice can support patient care.
• Knowledge in Legal Requirements relating to patients and staff.
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Effective Communication Skills (written, verbal and non-verbal).
• Effective Organisational Skills, including time management and prioritisation.
• To be able to work across the directorate and sister sites, meeting patient and organisational requirements.
• Have willingness to learn and professionally develop.
• Evidence of Clinical Supervision.
• Knowledge of surgical procedures.
• Evidence of assuming management of a Theatre/Department.

Experience

• Recent experience in acute care settings.
• Evidence of providing clinical supervision.
• Evidence of workload prioritisation and task delegation.
• 12 Months experience at Band 5 in related specialty.

Qualifications

• NMC Registration (RN Adult) or HCPC Registration (ODP).
• Evidence of ability to teach in practice.
• NMC registrants: Evidence of diploma/degree in Management of the Patient in Anaesthetic settings.
• ODP Registrants: Qualification in Operating Department Practice
• Mentorship/Clinical Assessor Qualifications.
• Leadership Qualifications.
• Additional Scrub/Circulating/Anaesthetic Course Qualification.
• Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Physical Skills.

• Use of computer and IT Systems.
• Use of Medical Devices.

Physical Effort

• Manual Handling of anaesthetised patients.
• To be able to assist in the safe moving and handling of loads.
• Standing for long periods of time.

Mental Effort

• To be able to concentrate for lengthy periods of time.

Emotional Effort

• Ability to support vulnerable patients.
• Ability to support patients in difficult/distressing circumstances.
• Able to support colleagues in difficult situations.

Working Conditions.

• Exposure to chemical substances harmful to health (COSHH).
• Exposure to blood and bodily fluids.
• Working with Exposure Prone Procedures (EPP).

Further Information

NCM hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship, there is a minimum set of