Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Implant Instrument coordinator

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Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic individual ready to make a meaningful impact? Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust invites you to be a part of our esteemed theatre team as the Implant Instrument Coordinator. Your role is pivotal to the success of trauma and elective orthopaedic surgeries, ensuring the availability of the right instruments for safe and effective procedures.

Take charge of organising, monitoring, and ordering the necessary stock and implants for various surgeries, contributing to the overall success of interventions. Leverage your clinical knowledge to streamline and organise implants and stock tailored for Elective, Emergency, and Trauma Surgery, maintaining a well-equipped surgical environment.

Main duties of the job

Your vigilance in monitoring stock levels and addressing instrument-related issues within the department minimises disruptions, contributing to a smoothly running operation. Play a key role in orchestrating instrument trays, enhancing the efficiency of the surgical team.

Your role is crucial in making sure everything runs smoothly. Work closely with procurement to keep stock levels in sync with demand and quickly address any shortages across the department. You will contribute to maintaining rigorous stock control standards and provide audit reports as requested, demonstrating your commitment to excellence.

You'll also be the go-to person, building and maintaining relationships with procurement, other departments, and company representatives. Your ability to connect the dots ensures a well-coordinated operation and successful collaborations.

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

05 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB1080

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

To liaise with Management, procurement and finance teams with required audit information.

The post holder is needs to be acutely aware of the budgetary resources available and the need to work within the financial envelope.

They will ensure all stock and loan kit is stored and handled correctly and that strict sterility is maintained.

They will assist the theatre teams by monitoring processes to ensure that all implants received and processed and that strict inventory of invoices and receipts are maintained to ensure accurate accounting.

To provide monthly feedback to finance when implants have been used.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To liaise with Management, procurement and finance teams with required audit information.

The post holder is needs to be acutely aware of the budgetary resources available and the need to work within the financial envelope.

They will ensure all stock and loan kit is stored and handled correctly and that strict sterility is maintained.

To provide monthly feedback to finance when implants have been used.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

GCSE Maths & English grade C Or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
Basic IT Skills

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in the theatre environment
Understanding of Health and safety issues within Healthcare
Understanding of the concept and application of confidentiality

Desirable

Evidence of working in a band 2 role in theatres

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

GCSE Maths & English grade C Or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
Basic IT Skills

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in the theatre environment
Understanding of Health and safety issues within Healthcare
Understanding of the concept and application of confidentiality

Desirable

Evidence of working in a band 2 role in theatres

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)