Staff Nurse

at  The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Full time Post 37.5 hours
Join a world-leader in cancer treatment and research.
Work with a successful operating team, and an award-winning organisation which invests in its staff. Awarded outstanding by CQC.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, forward thinking, ODP/ Registered Nurse to work in our Surgical Theatres and Brachytherapy department. Our oncology theatre suite specialises in colorectal, plastics, urology and gynaecology; inclusive of robotic surgery, microsurgery and laparoscopic surgery.
At The Christie Theatres we see staff health and wellbeing and career development as our underpinning drive in delivering excellent patient care. We place a strong emphasis on personal and professional development, with opportunities to undertake further courses in support of your on-going professional development and career progression. In addition, we have an in-house Practice Based Educator to support your learning and training needs.
In return we are seeking professional, flexible, motivated, and committed team members, capable of delivering high quality, patient focused care.
Applicants must hold prior experience within the scrub practitioner role.
The successful candidate will hold the appropriate qualifications to be a current registered practitioner (RGN or ODP) and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development. You will be committed to delivering high quality care with a desire to further develop your career within this rewarding specialty. You will need to have very good communication skills, be highly motivated, organised and be able to work using your own initiative.
We are welcoming applications to both the scrub team. In addition, for ODPs we can offer Anaesthetic/ Scrub if this is your preference. Teaching and assessing skills are desirable.
You will be required to work 37.5 hours, 4 or 5 days flexibly over 6 days (Monday to Saturday) with a commitment to out of hours on call.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Education, Leadership and Clinical Practice
To participate as a member of the Anaesthetic/ Recovery or Scrub team with extensive knowledge in the care of the peri-operative patient.
To demonstrate high standards of individual patient care with a commitment to the development of evidence-based practice.
To competently care for the peri-operative patient including the assessment, planning and evaluation of programs of care