Registered Scrub Practitioner - Colchester, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Colchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £6000 pro rata (conditions apply)

The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital will be one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe.

We have fantastic opportunities for Operating Department Practitioners or Registered Nurses who have an interest in training to become a scrub nurse, to join us in preparation for when the centre opens in August 2024.

To join our friendly theatre team, you will need to be a motivated, confident and flexible individual with experience in an operating theatre environment.

You will need to either be:
NMC registered (RN1) or HCPC registered.

We are committed to supporting your learning and career potential.

We will provide you with a great learning and supportive environment to allow you to develop your orthopaedic skills in both elective and trauma specialities.

The Dame Clare Marx Building that will house our elective orthopaedic centre (ESEOC) opens in 2024 with a focus on elective orthopaedic surgery and day cases.

The centre will have eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME.

Previous applicants need not apply

Prepare the operating theatre for the operating session to include

the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors

perform circulating / scrubbed roles to the level of the grade in the appropriate speciality

Ensure adherence to Trust/local policies, guidelines and other legislation and support National and local initiatives e.g. Saving Lives, WHO Surgical Safety Check List, GIRFT

Take part in internal rotation through all areas of the department as required to meet the needs of the service on 24hour basis including trauma

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex.

Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone.

Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic.

This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

For more information on ESEOC, please see the link for our Page Tiger below:
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.