Senior Theatre Practitioner

Senior Theatre Practitioner - Scrub - Private Hospital - Up to £45,800 - Kingston Upon Thames - Full time

Position Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Theatre Practitioner - Scrub to join our dynamic Theatres team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in maintaining a high standard of professional practice and clinical care. Collaboration with the theatre team is essential to foster a positive working environment and uphold a supportive learning atmosphere within the operating department.


Senior Theatre Practitioner – Scrub Responsibilities
Clinical

• Anticipate and interpret patient needs and the level of care required.
• Ability to provide more complex care needs to patients with minimal supervision.
• Develop advanced clinical skills and specialist practice.
• Implement and actively promote research based nursing and clinical practice.
• Evaluate care outcomes for a list of patients, as delivered by a team.
• Deal safely and professionally with a range of clinical challenges within the workplace.

Management

• Delegate and co-ordinate the nursing team in the delivery of care for a theatre list.
• Demonstrate an understanding of skill mix.
• Actively contribute to the development and up dating of theatre nursing procedures and policies.
• Act as a clinical resource within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Actively contribute to the development of quality initiatives and internal audit.
• Demonstrate a problem solving approach to issues arising at theatre level.
• Identify adverse incidents, situations and/or potential risks and take appropriate action.
• Demonstrates mentorship skills including the ability to provide positive and negative feedback to colleagues effectively.

 
Communication and Teamwork

• Lead on communicating with regards to patient care to a team of staff on a regular basis.
• Communicate effectively with other work teams and areas in support of patient requirements.
• Support others in the assessment and evaluation of care needs.
• Identify communication issues between both patient and staff, initiating action to resolve problems.
• Develop skills to deal with interpersonal conflict.
• Develop negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Identify and report clinical risk issues.

 
Education, Training and Service Development

• Act as mentor and preceptor to junior staff including student nurses.
• Have the ability to identify own and others learning objectives.
• Actively deliver formal and informal training.
• Support the development of teaching skills in others.
• Identify and participate in the multi-disciplinary co-ordination of quality initiatives.
• Support others through reflection and learning.

 
Senior Theatre Practitioner Essentials

• RGN/ODP
• Recognised Peri Operative Course
• Able to scrub for a wide variety of different specialities.
• Understanding of the role and what is expected of them
• At least 3 years post registration experience
• Minimum of 2 years scrub experience
• Calm and able to prioritise and work under pressure
• Team worker
• Leadership qualities
• Flexible and adaptable
• Able to work shifts including lates and weekends

 
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Contact Details:

If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please contact Tom Stock direct on 020 3800 1852 . Alternatively apply for the role with your CV to get the ball rolling!

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