Job description
A full time vacancy has arisen for Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) to join our theatre scrub teams within the Elective Theatre department at North Tyneside General Hospital within general surgery scrub.
Previous theatre experience would be an advantage, however a comprehensive training package is in place for newly qualified staff, or those new to the theatre environment.
The successful candidate should be motivated and enthusiastic and committed to delivering safe, high quality care. North Tyneside General Hospital is a unique hospital, with ongoing high levels of excellent patient experience and care. Informal visits are highly recommended.
- Delivering excellent standards of care and providing patient support throughout the peri-operative phase, advocating on behalf of the dependent patient.
- Undertaking the scrubbed and circulating role, ensuring safe environment and practice is maintained.
- Working with, and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Preparation and monitoring of the environment of care, and equipment.
- Supervising junior colleagues, including unregistered staff and students.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care under the direction of the senior nurse / senior ODP
- To assist in the provision of nursing care and maintain high clinical standards
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Develop over time and contribute to the management of a clinical area and take charge in the absence of Senior Nurse/ODP
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
- This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others(b) uses coachingto promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates teamworking and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.