An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit registered Nursing or Operating Department Practitioners for the newly built Friarage Surgical Centre in Northallerton.

The Friarage surgical Centre, due to open early 2025, will have outstanding working environments and we would highly encourage those applicants with perioperative experience and those with a keen interest in developing their professional skills in perioperative medicine to apply for these highly desirable vacancies. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity given the high levels of interest. Vacancies will close when a suitable number of applicants have applied.

The Friarage Surgical Centre will be a fast paced environment delivering a range of surgical specialities over a 6 day period (Monday - Saturday) working hours will be varied between 0800-2100. Work patterns are subject to service demand.

Team members will be given full training to enable them to rotate through a range of surgical specialities within a variety of job roles to ensure their professional and personal development is maintained.

Working in close collaboration with our main theatre department at The Jame Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, staff may take advantage of training opportunities whilst providing clinical support.

Main duties of the job

The new estates will have 6 large ORs, 2 minor ORs, a dedicated 2 bay regional anaesthesia room, 12 bay recovery and admission and discharge areas. The staff areas features dedicated Surgical Centre staff changing facilities, staff rest areas with landscaped gardens and roof terrace and a purpose Resource / Training room. A range of state of the art equipment and digital technology will be seen throughout the build ensuring staff are fully equipped to deliver the best quality of care

As a registered theatre nurse of ODP you be an active member of the perioperative team providing exceptional safe and efficient care to the patients within our care. Using clinical skills, autonomy and judgement you will provide hands on care to patients undergoing a range of surgical procedures and under a range of anaesthesia techniques. Whilst promoting operational efficiencies you will also maintain patient safety to the highest level and with compassion.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.

Your Leadership Impact

Leading Your Team to Success

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with NMC or ODP with HCPC
• Nursing Degree/Diploma or ODP qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work.
• Good information technology skills.
• oCommitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/ work practices.

Desirable

• Commitment to maintain own skills and standard of care.

Experience

Essential

• oElective Orthopaedic and Trauma scrub experience.
• oExperience working within an acute or community setting
• oExperience of Multi-disciplinary working

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• oDemonstrates a positive image of the profession.
• oCaring and compassionate attitude to patients and colleagues.
• oWorks well under pressure.
• oHigh level of personal motivation.
• oFlexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service, including out of hours and oncalls.
• oGood interpersonal & communication skills.
• oCommitment to the development of self and others. Willingness to undertake further training and development

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

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