Senior Scrub Practitioner - Salisbury, United Kingdom - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

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Salisbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated senior Scrub Nurse to join our expanding theatre team. As a Senior Practitioner you will have significant experience at Band 5 in Plastic & Reconstructive surgery and be able to demonstrate proficiency in numerous procedures including Cleft Palate & A.B.G., Free Flap Microsurgery (D.I.E.P. and A.L.T.), Burns and Complex Limb Trauma. This level of skill is essential to the delivery of safe and effective care.

The successful applicant will also be able to demonstrate excellent leadership qualities and delegate care effectively to ensure a well-led service.

Optimisation of care and quality standards is also critical to the role and the post holder will be responsible alongside the wider Plastics team in delivering these goals.

Clinical Responsibilities

Provide leadership and motivation to a range of theatre practitioners and learners
Jointly responsible alongside the Plastics leadership team for the delivery of high standards of care and service to our patients
Oversee clinical, equipment and staffing needs for Plastic surgery.
Supervise staff in the delivery of care, as well as identify, develop and support staff training needs.
Work collaboratively with Plastic consultants/surgeons and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure that Plastics lists have everything needed to achieve optimal outcomes
Adhere to the concepts laid out by the 5 Steps to Safer Surgery and the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.
Demonstrate clinical expertise in scrub and circulating practice across a range of Plastic and Reconstructive cases
Responsible for the assessment of a patient's perioperative care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of care plans
Ensure theatre policies and procedures are research based and adhered to by all staff and regularly monitored and reviewed
To promote theatre operational efficiency at all times
Participate in the performance management of staff members to include coaching and appraisal preparation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us.

Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre.

We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding.

You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.