Introduction
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Theatre Practitioner (Dual Role: Anaesthetics/Scrub/Recovery) 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. 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.
Main Duties
As a Theatre Practitioner, you will be an integral part of the patient’s perioperative journey by:
Working a Dual Role within a combination of two areas of: Anaesthetics/Scrub/Recovery.
Scrub Posts : Working alongside Surgeons and the wider team, scrubbing for a range of surgical specialities, ensuring equipment availability and counting instrumentation and sundries.
Anaesthetic Posts : Working alongside Anaesthetists and the wider team, assisting in airway management, anaesthetic preparation, preoperative checks, and perioperative patient management.
Recovery Posts : Working alongside the Theatre Team, and caring for patients in the postoperative phase. Participating in airway management, patient observation and administering medication in line with Hospital Policy.
Please refer to full Job Advert, Job Description and Person Spec for a comprehensive description.
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
Overview: Halton Site Theatres
Halton Site Theatres currently support a weekday only provision with future potential development for weekend/night services.
Nightingale Building:
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.
Please see the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Job Advert for further details.
Full Time:
1 x 08:00 -19:00
3 x 08:00 -17:30
***Currently working Monday to Friday provision. Potential of expanding to weekend/night working in the future (all subject to organisation and departmental requirements***
