Theatre Practitioner

Job summary

Experienced Band 5 Theatre Practitioners, Childrens Theatres, Nurses and ODP'S

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individuals with a flexible approach to be part of our Theatre Team within Bristol Royal Hospital for sick children.

We are a busy trauma centre hosting a wide range of servcies including; neurosurgery, cardiac/cath lab orthopaedics, trauma and spinal surgery.

We currently have vacancies for band 5 positions (permanent and secondment considered) in within Childrens Theatres and are looking for people to join our team within theatres for surgical specialities, Anaesthetics and practioners who are skilled both perioperative modalites.

Potential candidates will have theatre experience and will ideally hold an anaesthetics qualification.

Main duties of the job

• Take charge of the clinical needs of a group of defined patients on the ward / department prioritising workload according to changing clinical need over a 24 hour period.
• Delegate tasks and activities to a range of team members in relation to patient care for example when taking charge or as link nurse
• Ensure nursing documentation is maintained, accurate in line with trust standards.
• To demonstrate compliance with trust policies, procedures and standards. To work towards promoting this to others.
• Promote and maintain a safe environment for patients.
• Promote a clean environment and the prevention of hospital acquired infection.
• Identify record and report all incidents / complaints involving staff, patients and visitors in accordance with UHBW policies and assist in any investigations as required.
• Work with senior nurses to develop management skills.
• Maintain, update and develop personal and professional knowledge and skills by participating in the trust's appraisal and review processes.
• Undertake training to extend current skills and to expand the scope of professional practice for the clinical care and patient care.
• Participate in staff education and development, including utilising appropriate learning opportunities and to act as a mentor and resource for student nurses/ODP's, adaptation and unqualified members of the theatre team.
• Act as a preceptor to newly registered nurses/ODPs after one year, post registration.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.