Job role: Theatre Practitioner (UK).
Job sector: Healthcare.
Job Type: Full-time.
Country: United Kingdom.
Location: Ilford.
Salary: £35,000 – £43,000 per year.
Shift & Schedule: Weekend availability
Benefits;
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Tech scheme
- UK visa sponsorship
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell annual leave scheme
- Refer to a friend scheme
- Company pension
- Company sick pay scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Bluelight Card- 100’s of discount and cashback options
- Performance review with a training and development plan
- Employee discounts portal
- Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tech scheme
About the Job.
The key responsibilities of the Theatre Practitioner will be to focus on patient-centric care, participating in the entire pathways for all patients from pre-admission, surgery, and post-operative management. If you are a registered nurse or operating department practitioner, we can provide training and professional development to benefit your career.
You will be an experienced Theatre Practitioner undertaking preoperative assessment, diagnostics testing, and theatre scrub under AfPP good practice guidance.
Ideally, you will have proven experience as a Scrub Practitioner in Ophthalmic theatres, however, our clinical education team can provide training and mentorship for your transition into working within our ophthalmic / cataract surgical centers.
Community Health and Eyecare are an independent service provider that specialises in Ophthalmology and Endoscopy services supporting the NHS. CHEC is an established group of hospitals and community clinics across the UK. Our bespoke state-of-the-art surgical centers are a beacon of envy, providing end-to-end care for our patients through NHS partnerships.
We have 5 core values that we uphold through our employee and patient lifecycle to ensure a pleasant experience for all. These are Caring, Passionate, Togetherness, Listening, and Focus, something that all our colleagues are expected to naturally uphold here at CHEC.
Requirements;
- Establish a compassionate environment by providing support to patients, friends, and families.
- Prepare clinical areas for clinical activities daily.
- Assist surgeons in the delivery of ophthalmic care.
- Admission and discharge of patients on theatre days.
- Participate in departmental audits.
- Pro-active and keen to learn and have a passion for delivering quality care.
- Have effective listening, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Thrives in a team environment.
- Previous theatre experience is required. Ophthalmic scrub experience is preferred but not essential as full training is available for suitably qualified RGNs / ODPs with at least 2 years post-qualification clinical experience in a secondary care setting or similar.
- Evidence of relevant professional development, clinically, preferably evidenced by certification RN with valid NMC Registration / ODP with valid HCPC Registration
- Up-to-date knowledge in the area of practice.
- Proficient in the use of a PC, including the use of software and systems.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Passion for delivering first-rate patient safety and care.