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 Scrub 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. 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 Scrub Practitioner, you will be an integral part of the patient’s perioperative journey by:
Possessing excellent communication skills to promote patient safety, and theatre efficiency.
Working within the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective patient care.
Participating in the Perioperative Management of patients.
Completing 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.
Scrubbing and Circulating for a wide range of specialities, which include: General, Urology, Gynaecology, ENT, Breast, and Vascular. Furthermore, there are Trauma and Orthopaedic surgical procedures, including Joint Replacement, Sports Injury, Upper and Lower Limb Surgery.
Opening sterile packs to ensure Infection Prevention and Control.
Counting Instruments, Swabs and Sharps in line with local and national policies.
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.
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 a weekend service.
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:
CSTM has 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.
In return for your dedication and enthusiasm, we offer a fully supported Preceptorship and core competency programme, championed by our Perioperative Practice Education team. Continual Professional Development is available via both in-house and university-based training initiatives such as, Scrub/Circulating Courses, Advanced Life Support, and Mentorship, with regular CPD reviews to support progress in all aspects.
You will also work across site at the CSTM, Nightingale, and Warrington Hospital (based on service requirements), where we support Children’s Surgery, and patients who may require higher levels of clinical support.
