Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 359-6954508-BANK
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £19.89 per hour (Including 12.5% WTD payment)
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Theatre Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a theatre practitioner looking for a new role? Will only the best do for you and your patients? You were made for us.Ìý
We are currently looking for driven, methodical and highly motivated registered practitioners to join our operating theatre departments.
Whether you are a registered nurse or Operating Department practitionerÌý looking for a change or to gain experience with more complex and specialist surgery and anaesthetic, we want to hear from you.Ìý
You will bring a wide range of experience and specialist knowledge to this role, and be committed providing the highest standard of individualised, holistic patient centred care within the multi-disciplinary team. You will be ready to lead by example, show exemplary communications skills and manage the physical and mental demands of supporting ourÌý Ìýtheatres on both sitesÌý that cover a wide range of specialities.
Please state your preferred site of working in your supporting statement.
Main duties of the job
Tunbridge Wells at Pembury Hospital is the trust's ‘Hot site’ and runs both an elective and emergency service. It comprises 11 theatres covering a wide range of specialities: Orthopaedics (Elective & Trauma), CEPOD, Gynaecology, Major Colorectal Surgery, Day case Upper GI, Urology, Breast, Obstetrics, Ophthalmic, ENT and Paediatric Orthopaedics & ENT.
Maidstone Hospital is the trust's ‘Cold Site’ and covers a wide range of specialities with a focus on elective surgery – including Urology, Gynaecology, Oncology Gynaecology, Upper GI, Breast, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics. We do perform emergency Urology and Ophthalmology surgery, and remain on standby for any complications.Ìý
Our patients deserve the best and the well-being of our staff is the key to our success. We will work with you to help you achieve your career goals and will help you strike the right work-life balance, allowing us to meet the needs of our services as well as those of you and your family.Ìý
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Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
• Ìý ÌýMembership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Ìý ÌýBlue Light card eligibility
• Ìý ÌýAnd more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.Ìý
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.Ìý
Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1/RNA: Adult nurse, level 1 (Registered Nurse – Adult)
- RN8/RNC: Children's nurse, level 1 (Registered Nurse – Child)
- RSCN part 8 or 15 C&G 752/ODP NVQ level 3 Diploma/Degree
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Specialist Course - Theatre/Anaesthetic
- First assistance course
- Prep for mentors or equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of clinical issues within Theatre Department
- Experience in one of the following Theatre/recovery/anaesthetics
Desirable criteria
- Experience in 2 or more areas. i.e. recovery/scrub
Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist clinical skills
- Assesses patients & their care needs
Desirable criteria
- Experience to take delegated responsibility i.e. running a list
- Organisational skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anita Amoah
- Job title
- Lead Theatre Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622224354
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