Band 5 Theatre Practitioner

London, England, United Kingdom

7/1/2025

• The post holder will be assist in the routine daily planning and organisation of the theatres for clinical procedures and practice and participate in the department’s administration as required.
• The post holder will be a qualified nurse and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with an up to date PIN number.
• The post holder will contribute to the overall good of the organisation by being a positive role model and to treat all staff, visitors and service users with courtesy.
• The post holder will undertake rotation across the specialities to cover the service where acquired skills allow.
• Monitor and maintain the quality of nursing activities and achieve the prescribed standards of nursing care set for the department.
• Maintain individualised nursing care according to guidance provided by the Professional Development Department and senior nursing staff.
• Liaise with colleagues and community staff to ensure continuity of clinical practice.
• Providing assistance to the surgeon/anaesthetist/nursing/ODP colleagues as required. Acting as member of the surgical scrub team either as a scrub or circulating practitioner. (Theatre nurse)
• Co-operating with appropriate departmental staff to ensure correct positioning of patient for operative procedure.
• Co-operating with appropriate departmental staff to ensure prompt collection and dispatch of specimens.
• Checking, witnessing and administering controlled drugs.
• Co-operating with appropriate departmental and ward staff in sending for patients to the operating department and returning patients to their wards.
• Advising the Team Leader/Sister/Charge Nurse/ODP's of proposed changes in the order of operating lists.
• Carry out nursing care to the highest possible standard according to Trust Policies and Practice and Clinical Guidelines. This requires a thorough understanding of policies and guidance related to, for example, infection control, hygiene and individualised patient needs
• The post holder will be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of how to use equipment safely and effectively.
  
  

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Myrasol Duque Job title: PDN Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 02072885400

Mrs Rahbia Rujully PDN

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