Qualified Theatre Anaesthetic/ Recovery Practitioner

at  Swansea Bay University Health Board

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, Registered Nurse or Registered Operating Department Practitioner to join our busy team within Theatre Services in Singleton Hospital, Swansea. We welcome applicants who share The Values and Behaviours of Swansea Bay UHB.
A Full Time vacancy is available for experienced Practitioners in an Anaesthetic and Recovery role. The successful candidate(s) will be required to work shifts. Our unit is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You may also be required to work in the Theatre Departments across all three hospital sites within the Health Board when service demands require.
Theatre documentation is recorded electronically, so IT skills are essential.
This post will involve caring for patients within the Theatre Department, specialising in the Anaesthetic and Recovery setting. The patients you will care for will undergo surgery of various specialities and you will be expected to manage a patients care throughout the perioperative stage, to their discharge.
This is a physically and mentally demanding job and the successful candidate(s) will have to prove they can be adaptable to keep up with this ever changing environment.
Vacancy in Singleton Hospital Theatre Department.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
The post holder will have a base hospital and can expect to work across any of the four hospital sites when requested. The post holder is required to work as part of a team to assess, develop, implement and evaluate pre, peri and post operative patient care on a daily basis. Working closely with all disciplines without direct supervision on achieving KSF outline to ensure the effective running of the department out of hours within set guidelines in the absence of the Lead Nurse/ODP.
The post holder is required to provide technical/specialist assistance requiring a high degree of dexterity, precision, accuracy and prolonged concentration to patients and medical staff. The post holder organises own workload/area and may supervise work of others on achievement of
KSF outline within a team.
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