Band 5 Theatre Nurse

Client Name: Middle and South Essex

Role: Band 5 Theatre Nurse

Rates: £20 - £30ph

Shift: days shifts and weekend work available - ADOC and Block bookings also available

Benefits:

• Access to Care4Carers - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
• First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
• Competitive pay rates
• A dedicated placement officer
• Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
• Hundreds of new shifts available every day
• Long term jobs and short shifts available
• Lucrative referral scheme
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 support - we're here when you need us

Working alongside Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Theatre Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs), Theatre Support Workers and Porters to provide skilled care and support throughout a patient's perioperative care.

MSE ranks as one of the most technologically advanced in the country where state-of-the-art medical and diagnostic equipment and a dedicated team of healthcare professionals come together to provide the highest standards of care to many patients every year.

Your career as a Healthcare professional will take a leap forward when you join the [Insert hospital name]. By sharing knowledge and expertise, you will contribute to the continuing development of patient care within the operating theatres.

While upholding the NHS values and prioritising patient care, you will be drawing upon your clinical skills to identify, prepare and assemble theatre equipment relevant to the operating list.

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as a Band 5 Theatre Nurse you will have:

• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• excellent attention to detail
• a systematic approach to tasks
• excellent timekeeping
• the ability to work well under pressure
• empathy and understanding
• a flexible attitude
• a desire to learn and improve
• active listening skills
• the ability to use a computer competently

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a Band 5 Theatre Nurse you will:

• Demonstrate and develop clinical assessment skills and prioritise the care for patients undergoing a surgical / anaesthetic procedure.
• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information using various methods to ensure effective understanding.
• Contribute to the continuing development of patient care within the operating theatres, e.g. through sharing knowledge and expertise as required.
• Prepare and organise the clinical area to receive patients for elective, emergency, and trauma procedures.
• To safely identify, prepare, check and assemble equipment required for the relevant operating list.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

• Be a registered adult, child, mental health or learning disability nurse.
• At least 2 years' post-graduate experience.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
• You will need to pass an enhanced background check.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career, apply today to work within a hospital group that is striving for excellence in all areas.