Theatre Practitioner | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum, (Pro Rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Urmston, M41 5SL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6237345/349-WTWA-6237345 |
Summary
Join our Theatre Team at Trafford Elective Hub
To meet the current surgical demands, we have expanded our Theatre workforce at Trafford Elective Surgical Hub. To ensure a patient responsive service and allow our Nursing and ODP teams to be fully supported, we have increased our Band 6 Nursing workforce across our 9 Elective Theatres.
What the role entails:
You'll support the Team Managers to ensure the delivery of high-quality care, and support the wider nursing team as an advocate and role model
Opportunities across all surgical specialties (Trauma and Orthopaedic, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Breast, ENT and Urology), Anaesthetics and recovery
You'll be part of a team continuously growing and learning together with patient care at the center of your role.
What we need from you:
NMC/HCPC registration
Substantial experience at band 5 in Scrub, Anaesthetics or Recovery
Experience of leading innovation in practice
Commitment to providing excellent standards of care as well as promoting positive patient experience
Flexibility to meet the needs of the service
What we will provide:
A comprehensive induction programme
Ongoing support and training
Access to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for every nurse/practitioner across the Organisation
Band 6 development programme - targeted for either newly promoted band 6 or aspiring Team Managers
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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