Description
At Bupa, you can be the Nurse you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority.
The role as a Scrub Nurse/ Theatre Practitioner Orthopaedics/spinal is to ensure that we provide the best quality service in a pleasant environment for both staff and patients whilst ensuring that a high quality, cost-effective service is delivered to patients and consultant users. You'll work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, being flexible and supporting with shared tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the positioning and preparation of a patient as directed by the surgical team and ensure that any specimens are correctly labelled and dispatched to the laboratory.
- Provide immediate post-operative care.
- Take charge of the clinical area in the absence of an advanced practitioner ensuring patient, visitors and staff safety.
- Adhere to the procedures for the use of supplies, ordering requirements for the Department as directed by line manager.
- Ensure the accurate collection of data in relation to theatre activity.
- Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate peri-operative patient care.
- Prepare patients for clinical/ operative procedures, both in anaesthetics and surgery.
- Participate in the delegation and supervision of junior grades, unqualified and less experienced staff.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
- NMC Registered Nurse (Adult and/or Children).
- Alternatively, HCPC registered with a Diploma or Degree in Health Care Studies / ODP Level 3 NVQ / ODA 752.
- Previous perioperative experience in Orthopaedics and Spinal is essential
- It would be desirable to have experience in Da Vinci Robotic and liver procedures.
Benefits:
- £3000 Golden Hello, or £5000 towards relocation expenses.
- Payment of professional registration fees
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell. Plus Bank Holidays
- Enhanced pension and life insurance
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
- Discounted access to online gym sessions
- Annual Health Services Bonus Scheme
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate
- Access to our Digital GP platform on your mobile
- Emotional wellbeing support
- Access to family mental health line
- Financial wellbeing channels
- Support for carers