Theatre Practitioner 2 - Scrub Practitioner

We are currently looking to recruit a Registered ODP / Registered Nurse to join us as part of our team of scrub practitioners. We cover a wide range of surgical specialties including advanced laparoscopic surgery.

Applications are also welcomed from those with no previous theatre experience but who would relish the challenge of an exciting new and rewarding career opportunity.

You should be enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward thinking.

We work a system of internal rotation, including weekend shifts and night shifts to provide 24/7 cover for the department.

To participate as a member of the scrub practitioner team, working to a high level of competence in accordance with NMC or HCPC guidelines and relevant departmental policies and procedures.

To act within the NMC (Registered Nurse) / HCPC (Registered ODP) Code of Conduct and NMC (Registered Nurse) guidelines and work within the policies and guidelines set out by The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Provide and deliver a high standard of care through the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating individual patients’ needs based on evidence and working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.

In February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.

For full details please see attached job description and personal specification.

http://www.qehkl.nhs.uk/document/divisional-booklets/Introducing_our_Surgery_Division.pdf