Job summary Operating Theatres Royal Stoke Our Major Trauma Centre has been ranked number one in the country for survival rates, come and join the number one team!
We currently have a vacancy for Registered Nurses or ODP at Band 5 in our brand new state of the art Theatre Suite in the speciality of Elective Orthopaedic theatres at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
We are very keen to recruit Scrub & Anaesthetic Practitioners with existing skills, all Nurses and ODP's are welcome to apply.Ideally we are looking for experienced theatre team members, but we welcome applications from newly qualified staff / or new to theatres who can demonstrate a keen interest in joining our team.
Any students who qualify in the next 3 to 6 months are encouraged to will gain a wide range of experience and can expand your skills and knowledge in this challenging and rewarding environment.
Main duties of the job We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic candidates with the ability to work well within a challenging environment, and who can deliver high quality patient care from both an Anaesthetic and Scrub skill set.
We promote a dual role workforce in our theatre turn, we can offer you a structured preceptorship and induction programme for all new members of staff, plus access to on-going continuing professional education and development, appraisal and clinical supervision.
About us University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country.
Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver.
Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.For more details on the post, please contact Alicia Clayton.
(see contact details) Person Specification QUALIFICATION/ education Essential REGISTERED NURSE OR REGISTERED ODP Desirable DIPLOMA LEVEL STUDY OR ABOVE EXPERIENCE Essential THEATRE EXPERIENCE OR RETURN TO PRACTICE EXPERIENCE IN THEATRE Desirable OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN ACUTE HOSPITAL SETTING SKILLS/ABILITY/KNOWLEDGE Essential GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILL/EVIDENCE OF CONTINUING STUDY/KNOWLEDGE OF THEATRE PLAN, ASSESS,IMPLEMENT CARE/SUPERVISION OR LEADERSHIP SKILLS/ABILITY TO WORK WELL UNDER PRESSURE Desirable RESEARCH SKILLS APTITUDES Essential CODE OF PROF CONDUCT/PROFESSIONAL APITUDES Desirable EVIDENCE BASED BEST PRACTICE/TEAM WORK