The Aintree site has 20 operating theatres across four departments which cover a wide variety of surgical specialties. Liverpool University Foundation Hospital is part of the Major Trauma Centre Collaborative (MTCC), a partnership between Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and is the regional Major Trauma Centre for the North West, providing the full range of services and clinical expertise for patients who are severely injured from all areas of the region.

The departments include:

• Main A theatre consisting of 7 Theatres, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait
• Main B Theatre consisting of 5 Theatres, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait
• Main C Theatre, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait area
  
• Elective Care Centre Theatres - consisting of 4 Theatres, 2 Treatment Rooms, Recovery, Day Ward and Surgical Forward Wait

**Previous applicants need not apply*

**Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received**

Main duties of the job

Working as a Recovery Practitioner you will be required to function effectively as a member of the peri-operative team to ensure the provision and development of an efficient and high quality surgical service. You will assist in developing high standards of clinical practice in relation to post-operative care. You will need to deliver a holistic care package which is current, evidence based and effective and ensure that recovery criteria is adhered to before discharging patients.

Opportunities are available to rotate between Recovery areas as we aim to develop a multi-skilled workforce. With a great senior experienced recovery team and education team on board, we are able to offer a supportive learning and development opportunity for all staff. We also offer a bespoke preceptorship programme and in-house training from our theatre education team and staff as well as degree level modules.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient care needs.
• Plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs.
• Supervise and support team members.
• Collect, collate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records and theatre documentation.
• Involve multidisciplinary team and where possible patients, carers /relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team and patients carers/relatives.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Seek/act on advice from team leader/speciality leader, or relevant other.
• Where the Practitioner holds a degree level operating departmentqualification, He / She/ They will provide a high standard of individualised care of the patient and demonstrate knowledgeable advanced clinical competence, beyond those associated with conventional Theatre roles.
• They will perform duties associated with that of a Surgical Assistant. This will be achieved whilst practicing within the parameters set by professional / Local Trust policies andguidelines. Further training in practice is compulsory, to develop fromassisting for superficial elective cases to potentially all surgeries. This training will be supported by preceptorship with a comprehensive assessment process.

The scope of practice for this role is

• Acting as the Surgeons assistant during operative procedures, including
• Advising and ensuring the safe positioning of the patient for surgicalintervention. Performing skin preparation and applying sterile surgical drapes.
• Possessing knowledge and understanding of stages of operative procedures, and of anatomy and physiology, in order to provide skilled anticipatory assistance to the Surgeon.
• Correctly handle and retract tissues, vessels and organs, so anticipating the different stages of operative procedures and providing the appropriate exposure and visual access to the operative site.
• Correctly handling and applying suction / irrigation, and the appropriate handling of surgical instrumentation.
• Assist with haemostasis including indirect diathermisation.
• Cutting of sutures / ties.
• Correctly prepare, handle and operate Endoscopic cameras.
• Perform Urethral Catheterisation of male / female patients.
• Application of surgical dressings
• Perform Peripheral Venous Cannulation
• Perform Bag Mask ventilation
• Undertake Insertion of Laryngeal masks / I Gels
• For other theatre practitioners who have undertaken the surgical first assistant course (formerly advanced scrub practitioner) they can carry out the following tasks
• Acting as the Surgeons assistant during operative procedures, including
• Advising and ensuring the safe positioning of the patient for surgicalintervention.
• Pre and post-operative visits
• Performing skin preparation and applying sterile surgical drapes.
• Possessing knowledge and understanding of stages of operative procedures, and of anatomy and physiology, in order to provide skilled anticipatory assistance to the Surgeon.
• Correctly handle and retract tissues, vessels and organs, so anticipating the different stages of operative procedures and providing the appropriate exposure and visual access to the operative site.
• Correctly handling and applying suction / irrigation, and the appropriate handling of surgical instrumentation.
• Assist with haemostasis including indirect diathermisation.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding and relatives as appropriate
• Able to maintain accurate patient records
• Basic IT skills
• Able to develop knowledge and skills to perform and meet all requirements of role
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• Effective verbal & written communication skills
• Able to work with limited supervision
• Able to work as a member of a team

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN/ODP
• Diploma/ Degree

Experience

Essential

• Range of clinical experience in theatre practice
• Teaching and assessing / Mentorship (or willing to undertake

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
• Basic knowledge and understanding of professional and NHS issues

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aintree Site

Lower Lane

Liverpool

L9 7AL

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287-ASUR-127-24