An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the theatre practitioner team at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust as a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP/RN/RSCN).

The post holder will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role. They will share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of the senior scrub practitioner team and the senior anaesthetic practitioner team (Dual role), who work as part of the wider multi disciplinary team to provide elective and emergency surgical services to children & young people.

We are a forward looking team who are committed to quality patient care, service improvement & staff development.

• Work as a senior scrub practitioner across a range of surgical specialities including: PSU (General and Urology Surgery), Thoracic, Orthopaedic and Spine, Plastics and Burns, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental and Oral, Ophthalmic and Endoscopy.
• Lead the Emergency Theatre and team out of hours working as part of a regional Trauma centre.
• Organise theatre lists on a day to day basis, acting as a team leader in that list managing the surgical equipment, staffing within that theatre and liaising with the theatre coordinator.
• Take a key responsibility role within a surgical speciality, supporting the MDT to ensure high levels of patient care displaying behaviours inline with Trust Values.
• Work closely with the Clinical Leads to support surgical services maintaining lists and service developments.
• Work independently as a senior anaesthetic practitioner throughout all specialties.

About us

At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:

1. Outstanding Patient Care 2. Brilliant Place to work 3. Leaders in Children's Health

We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.

As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.

As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication

To maintain confidentiality of information regarding children/families at all times.

To communicate and liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, both verbally and in writing.

Provide and receive complex or sensitive information where there are barriers to understanding.

Promote and maintain good and effective communication with patients, relatives, and visitors.

Persuade patients and families to co-operate with treatment for their well-being, effectively deal with anxious relatives.

Ensure parents/carers and the child (when appropriate), have the opportunity to agree and/or negotiate care.

Communicate with a clinical lead or a member of the theatre management team regarding any problems, untoward occurrences or accidents out of hours through the hospital nursing bleep holder.

Organise own workload and equipment required for complex clinical procedures. May plan and organise colleagues work.

HR Responsibilities

Regularly manage one theatre for a span of duty, ensuring that a safe environment and high standards of care are maintained at all times.

Plan, organise and deploy staff according to competency and workload in order to meet patient needs for a span of duty for one theatre.

Act as preceptor and mentor for junior staff and students.

Risk Management

To be able to analyse and make decisions in relation to patient risk and care in complex cases, report to a clinical lead and instigate risk management processes in line with trust policy.

Service Development

To provide high quality patient care with continuous improvement in service delivery, audit and innovation.

To assist in setting the standards of patient care based on sound research findings.

To assist to develop, introduce and apply research based findings to nursing/ODP practice.

To assist in multidisciplinary audit projects within the clinical area.

To participate and assist in systematic monitoring and evaluation of perioperative practice within the department.

Work towards understanding the development and implementation of policy relating to the delivery of services for theatres.

Professional Accountability

To be aware of the resources available for continuing education and demonstrate a positive attitude towards self-development.

Identify own personal and professional needs through the appraisal and clinical supervision process.

To ensure that personal mandatory and statutory training requirements are met in accordance with Sheffield Childrens NHSFT policies.

Has delegated lead on some clinical issues eg health and safety, infection control, etc.

Be aware of and adhere to Trusts policies and procedures.

To undertake moderate physical effort on frequent occasions during a shift e.g. moving and handling patients, moving and handling supplies and equipment.

To respond quickly and effectively to the unpredictable workload of the department and the different levels of concentration required.

Frequently cope with the emotional demands of working directly with children and families involved in distressing situations e.g. unexpected illness/Injury, life limiting conditions, child protection and challenging behaviour.

Ability to cope with unexpected death, requiring to support bereaved families and other staff members.

To have daily direct exposure to blood and body fluids.

To work with pharmaceutical products in accordance with Trust policies and national legislation.

Could be exposed to verbal and/or physical aggression.

Direct Clinical Duties

To supervise planning and organisation of patient investigations, treatments on a day-to-day basis.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care for children/young people and their families presenting for care within the framework of the team.

Undertake on call/ out-of-hours work as necessary to the service.

Undertake extended roles, after a period of training, supervision and assessment of competence.

Accurately complete patient records, using both paper and computerised systems.

Takes charge of one theatre for span of a shift without direct supervision (team leader).

Receive and identify patients and provide the final check of documentation particularly relating to consent and operation site before surgery.

To regularly move heavy loads including the transfer and positioning of patients and the movement of equipment.

Ensuring the correct care, labelling and despatch of laboratory specimens.

Exercise responsibility for maintenance and stock levels and the purchase of some physical assets including surgical equipment, anaesthetic equipment, disposables and major purchases in conjunction with clinical leads.

Participates in research procedures, including clinical trials and the evaluation of equipment and supplies when advised to by a clinical lead.

Attain relevant competencies and appropriate experience during anaesthetic procedures in peripheral areas away from the main theatre complex and at the Citys adult hospitals when a child is the patient.

Participating in bacteriological investigation in the operating department in conjunction with a microbiologist.

Work towards achieving competence in extended roles, through competency packages, where appropriate, to attain highly developed skills.

Participate in clinical supervision and training of junior qualified staff and students and the provision of specialist training on a range of subjects.

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

We are currently reviewing our recruitment & selection process and are looking to make our job adverts more inclusive. This will support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. If you have any ideas in how we can make our recruitment & selection process more inclusive, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Essential qualification in Nursing / Operating Department Practice

Essential

Essential

• Registered to appropriate body (HCPC / NMC)

Essential

Essential

• Experience of Theatre work

Desirable

• Experience of working at a Senior Theatre Practitioner level

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Childrens Hospital

Clarkson Street

Sheffield

S10 2TH

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