Job Description:
Theatre Practitioner Scrub – Orthopaedics
Cromwell Hospital, London, SW5 0TU (5 mins walk from Earls Court underground or 7 mins walk from Gloucester Road underground.)
Permanent
£34,130 to £43,730 per annum, plus fantastic benefits
Shift pattern – Long Days 07:30 to 21:00 / Early 07:45 to 15:45 / Late 13:00 to 21:00
Full time 37.5 hours p/w
Golden Hello of £3000, or £5000 towards Domestic Relocation Costs (if applicable)
Your role as a Scrub Nurse/ Theatre Practitioner Orthopaedics/spinal is to ensure that we provide the best quality service in a pleasant environment for both staff and patients whilst ensuring that a high quality, cost-effective service is delivered to patients and consultant users. You'll work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, being flexible and supporting with shared tasks.
Our main adult theatre is a busy and dynamic environment, setting the benchmark for clinical excellence. We have 6 operating suites catering for a myriad of cases, but focus of this post is to provide surgical support for Orthopaedics, Spinal and Neuro patients. We work with surgeons who are the best in their specialities carrying out from simple to the more complex surgeries.
What you'll do:
Assist in the positioning and preparation of a patient as directed by the surgical team and ensure that any specimens are correctly labelled and dispatched to the laboratory.
Provide immediate post-operative care.
Take charge of the clinical area in the absence of an advanced practitioner ensuring patient, visitors and staff safety.
Adhere to the procedures for the use of supplies, ordering requirements for the Department as directed by line manager.
Ensure the accurate collection of data in relation to theatre activity.
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate peri-operative patient care.
Prepare patients for clinical/ operative procedures, both in anaesthetics and surgery.
Participate in the delegation and supervision of junior grades, unqualified and less experienced staff.
What you'll bring:
NMC Registered Nurse (Adult and/or Children).
Alternatively, HCPC registered with a Diploma or Degree in Health Care Studies / ODP Level 3 NVQ / ODA 752.
Previous perioperative experience.
It would be desirable to have experience in Da Vinci Robotic and liver procedures.
Benefits
Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It's important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. As a Theatre Practitioner you'll be eligible for:
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
If you would like more information on the role, require an alternative format, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact serina.kapoor@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Nursing & TheatresLocations:
Cromwell Hospital LondonAt Cromwell Hospital, we have a great team of determined and loyal health care professionals. We’re continually investing in the world’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies. That's why patients choose to come to us from across the UK, and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
Born in Portugal with a passion for nursing, she moved to the UK and is now our Critical Care Outreach sister at Cromwell Hospital.
Her desire to grow and learn new skills, helped her become a valued team member.
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