Surgical Care Practitioner
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Have you a passion for working within theatres? Are you looking to advance your skills and practice? Were looking for Qualified Cardiothoracic SCP to join our expanding team.
As part of the role you will be skilled in harvesting conduit, including the radial artery, as well as first and second assisting. You will also participate in aspects of pre, peri and post-operative care of the patient under the direction of the Consultant Surgeons.
Main duties of the job
Your duties within this role will include:
Providing professional and operational leadership, with 24-hr continuing responsibility for the quality of patient care, ensuring that nursing/ODP practice is delivered to an excellent standard.
Under the direction of the consultant surgeons the post holder will carry out operative procedures, whilst assisting in all aspects of peri-operative, intra-operative and post-operative care.
You will work closely with consultant surgeons, medical staff and other surgical care practitioners in developing this role to its full potential
Provide leadership and management for team members.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.
We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.
The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Date posted
15 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£41,659 to £47,672 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9175-2324-1-CA3610
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)
For questions about the job, contact:
Anita Frith
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