Senior Theatre Practitioner; SFA

Join Our Outstanding Theatre Team as a Theatre Practitioner (with Surgical First Assistant Experience)

Are you ahighly motivated Registered Theatre Practitioner or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) with the drive, ambition, and commitment to deliver exceptional patient care? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a skilled Theatre Practitioner with Surgical First Assistant experience to join our welcoming and supportive team within our CQC-rated Outstandingprivate hospital.

You willjoin a dedicated team passionate about delivering outstanding clinical care and creating the best possible experience for patients.

If you areready to take the next step in your theatre career and thrive in an environment where excellence is both supported and celebrated, we would be delighted to receiveyour application.

In this role, you will be a key contributor to the safe and efficient running of our theatres. Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing operating and anaesthetic rooms for surgery, ensuring all equipment and supplies are available for specific procedures
• Planning and delivering high standards of perioperative care, following hospital guidelines and protocols while promoting a consistently patient-centred approach
• Planning, preparing and facilitating theatre lists as required
• Accurately entering patient information into relevant IT systems
• Ensuring patient care areas are safe, well-maintained and fit for purpose
• Maintaining the safe custody and handling of medications and controlled drugs
• Supporting high quality, evidence based care across our three theatres
• Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless, safe and effective patient journeys

At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to ourultra-modern private hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC.We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have abeautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.

Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions and facilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance.

We are committed to professional development and have excellent training and education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone at Benenden Hospital feels involved and shares our values and vision for thefuture.

Purpose Plan and implement high standards of perioperativecare, following hospital guidelines and protocols,promoting a patient-focused approach to care.

The post holder will:

Where necessary plan and appropriately prepare and facilitate theatre lists.

Accurately enter patient information on IT systems.

Ensure patient care areas are safe, fit for purpose and effectively maintained.

Maintain the safe custody of medications and controlled drugs.

• First level Registered Nurse/HCPC registered ODP.
• Post registration education in a relevant speciality, Degree in Healthcare or 5+ years equivalent experience
• Expert Scrub nurse with post qualification scrub experience in a range of surgical specialties.
• Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills to build and support team working in a positive and challenging culture
• Strong patient-centred approach
• Basic computer skills e.g. MS Outlook and web-based reporting systems.
• Foster a culture of professionalism and a positive working team environment
• Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics in the workplace

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.