Theatre Scrub Practitioner

at  Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit a dynamic and flexible Band 5 Scrub Practitioner. at Leigh NHS teaching Hospital, you will be rewarded with real job satisfaction as confirmed by our employee surveys. This satisfaction comes from working in a team that puts patient’s interests at the heart of everything they do.
Our driving force is our ability to invest in our people, as we support our Theatre Nurses and ODPs to build their skills through mentoring and formal training .
We are looking to appoint to a 37.5 hour per week post, worked across 4 days, Monday - Friday.
Spread over three sites Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh cover both acute and elective surgery with a wide procedure portfolio .
Across our three theatre sites teams work closely with some of the region’s leading consultants and are exposed to the latest innovative, evidence -based clinical techniques, on our Wigan site we have our integrated laparoscopic theatre our Wrightington site have investing a surgical robot and our Leigh site has currently expanded to four operating theatres.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. Please note all candidates could be asked to work at another Trust site as required.
Soon to be qualified student nurses and ODPs are welcome to apply.
Please Note: Candidates will be asked to provide original qualifications at interview stage.
Working for your organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Key results from the job holder

Adhere to Trust policies and maintenance of the professional Code of Conduct.
Adherence to legal requirements of Trust, NMC and HPC.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Maintaining consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.
Ensuring that all work is carried out in a safe manner with due regard to the Health and safety regulations.
Ensuring risk assessments of all situations are completed.
Taking appropriate action and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.
Maintaining a duty of care towards personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Maintaining compliance with the data protection act 1998 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
Effectively using verbal and written word to influence outcomes.
Participating in the timely recording of patient documentation ensuring that only accurate and effective data is collected about the care episode.
Responsibility for NHSLA