Ashford Hospital operates as a dedicated Elective Centre, offering advanced facilities designed for efficient, high-quality care. The site includes eight theatres—six of which have laminar airflow systems—and a 13-bed recovery suite. The department also features two specialist ophthalmic theatres and two day surgery theatres with a dedicated three-bed recovery area. Other specialties include Breast, Colorectal, Bariatric, Upper GI, ENT, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Maxillofacial, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, and Vascular Surgery.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking, proactive and highly motivated practitioner to join our theatre team at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust. Previous theatre experience is welcome, along with experience from other specialities or those just starting on their nursing or ODP career.
As a team member, you will have a range of learning opportunities available. Starting with a rotation throughout the departments, you will develop your competencies within each speciality. We provide in house training for our fantastic staff and all team members are given the opportunity to attend conferences and training off site with links with University of Surrey, Kingston and Bucks and UWL Universities including the opportunity to become Surgical First Assistants and Anaesthetic Practitioners.
Please contact Ashford site Matron Tom D’Souza at tom.dsouza@nhs.net for informal visit.
The successful candidate will work as part of a team to provide a safe, cost effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers. You will be expected to function clinically within the Operating Department carrying out scrub and circulating roles. They will participate in the training of junior staff and continue their own personal and professional development by rotating within the perioperative department. Effective communication skills is vital for this role both written and verbal with all levels of staff including the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives, taking into account impairments, levels of consciousness and language barriers.
You will be required to adhere to local policies, guidelines and SOP’s in order to maintain a high standard of good quality care within the department.
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter’s, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
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