Theatre Scrub Nurse/ODP

Job summary

We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic individuals with excellent communication skills to provide first class patient care in our new facility. These are exciting new roles and will suit enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individuals.

You will be joining a company which values its staff, strives to be the best employer and is committed to clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

· Act as a professional role model to junior and non-qualified support staff.

· Provide skilled assistance and care to patients in the operating theatre.

· Assess care needs of the perioperative patient and develops, implements and evaluates programmes of care, rectifying and adjusting to meet individual needs.

· Demonstrates knowledge of current research, practices and procedures within the specialist field.

· Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives.

· Works within professional codes of conduct.

· Ensure that patients perioperative needs are continually assessed and appropriate care delivered and documented.

· Supervise the work of junior staff ensuring quality and confidentiality is maintained.

· Manage own workload and support others to do this.

· Undertake training, if required, to achieve competencies during their preceptorship period and support teaching and development of all staff.

· Be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with NMC or HPC requirements.

· To participate in the training and development of Health Care Assistants and Operating Department Practitioners.

About us

Tyneside Surgical Services (tss) is an independent provider of NHS care located in the North East of England. Our team dedicates itself to providing knowledgeable and integrated surgical services to patients. We carry out a number of elective surgical procedures across eight different specialities.

Established in 2007, the company has continued to grow and has now developed a day-case facility within Team Valley in Gateshead. The new facility comprises of theatre, a day-case unit, endoscopy, outpatient clinic facilities as well as having on-site MRI and ultrasound scanning.

We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic individuals with excellent communication skills to provide first class patient care in our new facility. These are exciting new roles and will suit enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individuals.

You will be joining a company which values its staff, strives to be the best employer and is committed to clinical excellence.