Job summary
As a registered Anaesthetic Practitioner , you will be an accountable and autonomous practitioner to act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a NMC / HCPC registered practitioner or nurse who will assess, plan, implement and evaluate high quality, safe and compassionate care for patients in the perioperative setting. This care will be facilitated utilising evidence based perioperative standards, trust policies as well as local and national guidelines (e.g. NICE).
The post holder will be expected to work with the perioperative multidisciplinary team (including Anaesthetists and Surgeons) to provide effective care within the Anaesthetics, Scrub and Post Anaesthetic care disciplines, in line with scope of practice and departmental need.
The post holder will support the Theatre Leadership Team to ensure standards of practice and care quality are upheld; this includes acting as a role model, supporting the learning of others and contributing to the development and implementation of improvement ideas.
About us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess, plan, and implement high quality, safe, compassionate and effective perioperative care for patients, in line with scope of practice.
- Ensure risk management / safety strategies, Trust policies and departmental procedures are adhered to in the delivery of patient care.
- Demonstrate a sound theoretical understanding and practical application of evidence-based, perioperative care standards in line with national recommendations and clinical guidance (e.g., NICE, AfPP).
- Ensure patient safety strategies (e.g., WHO surgical Safety / 5 steps to safer surgery) are implemented consistently and where appropriate, contribute to the development of new initiatives which support the improvement agenda.
- Promote dignity and respect, ensuring the patient is cared for in a way that meets their expectations and maximises patient experience.
- Maintain accurate, comprehensive and comprehensible records of care provision delivered in accordance with legislation, protocols and guidelines
- Understand and commit to the professional expectations of registration (NMC / HCPC), ensuring clinical activities are undertaken within scope of practice.
- Effectively communicate with patients, service users and all members of the multidisciplinary team in a collaborative and professional manner; implement different communication techniques / strategies when communicating sensitive information or where there are barriers to understanding.
- Coordinate the clinical activity of the operating session, working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure perioperative care is safe, effective and delivered efficiently to promote utilisation of theatre capacity; this will involve day to day supervision of theatre staff.
- Contribute to a positive learning experience by undertaking teaching activities to support the development of staff and students within the perioperative setting; this includes promoting good practice and providing supervision to learners.
- Use professional knowledge to support clinical advice as well as the maintenance and improvement of perioperative standards.
- Accountable for maintaining standards of practice within the perioperative environment, promoting a professional, patient centred approach to care provision.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care by conducting audits to inform future practice, Trust policies and departmental procedures.
- Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to senior staff, as well as completing incident reports (DATIX) to support timely investigation and resolution.
- Maintain clinical practice by keeping up to date with local/national policies, developments and initiatives relevant to professional area; utilising knowledge to inform current and future practice.
- Undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities commensurate to the role and scope of practice; maintain professional portfolio to support the assessment / achievement of CPD by relevant regulatory bodies (NMC / HCPC)
- Encourage and facilitate the generation and implementation of new initiatives within the clinical environment to support improvement for the benefit of patients, service users and colleagues.
- Responsible for identifying strategies to support personal and professional development; supported by line manager to achieve ambitions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess, plan, and implement high quality, safe, compassionate and effective perioperative care for patients, in line with scope of practice.
- Ensure risk management / safety strategies, Trust policies and departmental procedures are adhered to in the delivery of patient care.
- Demonstrate a sound theoretical understanding and practical application of evidence-based, perioperative care standards in line with national recommendations and clinical guidance (e.g., NICE, AfPP).
- Ensure patient safety strategies (e.g., WHO surgical Safety / 5 steps to safer surgery) are implemented consistently and where appropriate, contribute to the development of new initiatives which support the improvement agenda.
- Promote dignity and respect, ensuring the patient is cared for in a way that meets their expectations and maximises patient experience.
- Maintain accurate, comprehensive and comprehensible records of care provision delivered in accordance with legislation, protocols and guidelines
- Understand and commit to the professional expectations of registration (NMC / HCPC), ensuring clinical activities are undertaken within scope of practice.
- Effectively communicate with patients, service users and all members of the multidisciplinary team in a collaborative and professional manner; implement different communication techniques / strategies when communicating sensitive information or where there are barriers to understanding.
- Coordinate the clinical activity of the operating session, working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure perioperative care is safe, effective and delivered efficiently to promote utilisation of theatre capacity; this will involve day to day supervision of theatre staff.
- Contribute to a positive learning experience by undertaking teaching activities to support the development of staff and students within the perioperative setting; this includes promoting good practice and providing supervision to learners.
- Use professional knowledge to support clinical advice as well as the maintenance and improvement of perioperative standards.
- Accountable for maintaining standards of practice within the perioperative environment, promoting a professional, patient centred approach to care provision.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care by conducting audits to inform future practice, Trust policies and departmental procedures.
- Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to senior staff, as well as completing incident reports (DATIX) to support timely investigation and resolution.
- Maintain clinical practice by keeping up to date with local/national policies, developments and initiatives relevant to professional area; utilising knowledge to inform current and future practice.
- Undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities commensurate to the role and scope of practice; maintain professional portfolio to support the assessment / achievement of CPD by relevant regulatory bodies (NMC / HCPC)
- Encourage and facilitate the generation and implementation of new initiatives within the clinical environment to support improvement for the benefit of patients, service users and colleagues.
- Responsible for identifying strategies to support personal and professional development; supported by line manager to achieve ambitions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st / 2nd level Nurse with NMC registration or Operating Department Practitioner with HCPC registration
- Ability to work towards a recognised teaching/assessing course.
Desirable
- Education at Diploma/Degree level
- ECDL or equivalent
- Teaching /assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a Multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to effectively organising own work load.
- Ability to prioritise clinical care needs
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
- Current knowledge of local and national developments of the perioperative setting
Desirable
- Previous Theatre experience
- Experience and competency in IV medicine administration
- An understanding of audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- I.T. Literate.
- Ability to document details clearly and accurately.
- Good interpersonal skills and is able to deal with difficult/sensitive situations.
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
- Willingness to undertake training and assessment for further clinical skills.
- Able to undertake audits.
Desirable
- An understanding of the structure for the delivery for perioperative care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st / 2nd level Nurse with NMC registration or Operating Department Practitioner with HCPC registration
- Ability to work towards a recognised teaching/assessing course.
Desirable
- Education at Diploma/Degree level
- ECDL or equivalent
- Teaching /assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a Multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to effectively organising own work load.
- Ability to prioritise clinical care needs
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
- Current knowledge of local and national developments of the perioperative setting
Desirable
- Previous Theatre experience
- Experience and competency in IV medicine administration
- An understanding of audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- I.T. Literate.
- Ability to document details clearly and accurately.
- Good interpersonal skills and is able to deal with difficult/sensitive situations.
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
- Willingness to undertake training and assessment for further clinical skills.
- Able to undertake audits.
Desirable
- An understanding of the structure for the delivery for perioperative care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
