Theatre Nurse/Practitioner - Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, United Kingdom - Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Our Operating Theatre Department have an exciting opportunity to join our well established theatre team as a full / part time Band 5 Operating Department Practitioner or Staff nurse.
We are looking for candidates with experience in Anaesthetics or scrub whether as fully qualified or trainee looking to qualify at the end of the academic year.
2 million state of the art additional 3 theatre new build investing in the service provision to our community.Our specialties include Ophthalmology, General Surgery, ENT, Gynecology, Urology, Maxilla-facial, elective Orthopedics, Acutes & trauma,Obstetrics and Post Anaesthetic Care Unit.
We require staff to cover a 24 hour service over a 7 day period, however a work life balance roster may be accommodated through flexible working.
Work as a flexible Theatre Practitioner in full support of the Theatre Team.
Maintain NMC/HCPC registration and practice within the code of professional conduct where applicable.
Perform operating department duties in accordance with agreed policies & procedures.
Adhere to guidelines and policies pertaining to the safe administration and storage ofmedicines within the department.
We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes.
Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.
Ensure the Covid status of the patient & AGP requirements are ascertained in a timely manner to facilitate smooth running of the list.
SCRUB &
CIRCULATING DUTIES:
Participate as a scrubbed member of the theatre team and carry out safety checks on swabs, instruments & needles in conjunction with a second person & reporting on the same to the surgeon.
Assist in the preparation and cleaning of the theatre suite inconsideration of fallow period associated with AGP clearance times and handling of clinical waste e.g.
Assist with the safe disposal of instrumentation and clinical waste e.g. body fluids, tissue at the end of surgery.
Assist with the safe positioning and preparation of surgical patients on the operating table as requested by the surgeon and anaesthetist
Assist in the care, labelling and despatch of specimens for laboratory examination.
Following successful completion of the internal file competency framework of Scrub Practitioners moving towards in-house Surgical First Assistant for minor & Intermediate Train
The Scrub Practitioner (SP) and Surgical First Assistant (SFA)
Ensure effective communication link between theatre, patient & Ward including preoperative assessment & postoperative care evaluation
Be involved in the team completion of the surgical safety checklist for all surgical interventions as part of the Five Steps to Safer Surgery WHO
Assist in transfer of patient to post-operative anaesthetic care area
operating field including indirect application of surgical diathermy
ANAESTHETIC & RECOVERY DUTIES
Carry out the preliminary checking of all anaesthetic and recovery (PACU) equipment prior to the commencement of the theatre list.
Participate in the team completion of the surgical safety W.O check list for all anaesthetic & surgical interventions as part of a Five Steps to Safer Surgery.
A& E, CT scan, out of hospital transfer team and a part of the trust resuscitation team following current Covid guidelines.
To participate in the post operative recovery patients at all levels of dependency.
An anaesthetic qualification that is AAGBI recognised
Clinical practice in operating theatre, clinical competence in anaesthetic assistance
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust