Job description

Job responsibilities

Southgates Medical & Surgical Centre

Job description

Title: Theatre nurse/practitioner

Band: 6a

Reports to: The Theatre Manager (for all management and operational issues)

Accountable to: The Practice Manager, Partners and other visiting surgeons

Job purpose: To provide safe and efficient care for those patients attending Southgates Medical & Surgical Centre requiring out patient and surgical intervention. To provide a safe working environment for medical, nursing and ancillary staff. To provide a safe clinical environment for all patient activity.

To provide assistance to the surgeons in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care through all aspects of the surgical unit.

To participate as a senior integral member of the theatre team, delivering a cost effective service to enable the partnership to provide surgical services at Southgates Medical & Surgical Centre.

Key functions and responsibilities:

1. PATIENT CARE

• Assess, plan and evaluate the care given to patients, ensuring appropriate delivery.

• Maintain the high quality of care and patient confidentiality to comply with the Data Protection Act. Also to comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act and all other current relevant legislation

• Provide assistance to clinicians and other theatre support staff

  2 THEATRE EQUIPMENT CONSUMABLES AND PREPARTION FOR THEATRE LISTS

• Ensure the smooth running of surgical lists by:

  • Cleaning of theatre and equipment as per written policies

  • Ensuring sterilisation of instruments within agreed procedures

  • Stock rotation and date checking

  • Ordering and maintaining of stock levels

  • Ensuring correct disposal of waste

  • Ensuring safe and correct despatch of specimens

  • Admission of patients to the unit

  • Scrubbing and circulating for surgery as and when required by the surgeon

  • Managing the recovery of patients post operatively as required

  • Ensuring proficiency of all equipment before use

  • Keeping up to date with advances in techniques and equipment utilised in the surgical unit

  • Maintaining and utilising equipment in accordance with the manufacturers instructions and in accordance with current technical rules and recommendations.

  • Advising surgeon of any equipment faults immediately identified and responsibility for immediate remedial action.

    3 TEAMWORK

• Plan and evaluate the work carried out by self to ensure clinical appropriateness and safety.

• Ensure effective communication within the surgical team and with the rest of the practice team.

• Contribute to the implementation of change. Attend surgical meetings, discuss relevant issues.

• Ensure surgical systems are adhered to and that effective appointment systems, list alterations, cancellations etc are utilised.

  4 EDUCATION

• To maintain knowledge and skills within current guidelines set by the NMC, AFPP and Health & Safety Executive

  5 FINANCES

• To work with the surgeon to co-ordinate requests for new and additional equipment, to maintain clinical excellence and efficiency.

• To be aware of cost consequences of delivering a quality patient service.

• To identify, where appropriate, cost savings and efficiencies.

• Provide stocks of surgical equipment for the theatre and to purchase these consumable items in a timely manner and within allocated budgets.

  6 CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

• To ensure ongoing appropriate audit.

• To constructively identify areas of clinical improvement within the surgical environment.

• To manage the critical incident/near miss/learning issues systems within the surgical team.

  7 INFORMATION

• To assist with data collection and audit as required.

• To maintain overall confidentiality

• To exchange information and help solve problems with the surgeon and make decisions within the surgical team.

  8 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• To maintain professional registration and to advise the theatre manager of any difficulties in this regard.

• To practice with full regard to local and national policies relating to surgical provision.

• To always work within statutory and regulatory guidelines of the professional bodies.

  This job description is not exhaustive and employees are requested to be flexible in order to meet the needs of the service which may change at short notice. The employer will offer a similar level of flexibility. Any permanent amendments to the job description will only be made after consultation with the post holder

  Agreed by post holder:

  Signature: Date:

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Theatre/ODP qualifications.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery

Address

41 Goodwins Road

King's Lynn

Norfolk

PE30 5QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Band: 8a

Reports to: Committee/GP Lead

Accountable to: Practice Manager and GP Partners

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Responsible for the clinical assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment and/or referral of patients within urgent care services, identifying complex and specialist needs and will develop, implement and evaluate programmes/plans of care.

Working as an Emergency Care Practitioner with a high degree of autonomy, the post holder will manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed minor injuries and minor illness, using advanced clinical skills within own sphere of competence.

Providing direct consultations which dependent upon competency and area of practice, may be via telephone or face to face.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the team and external providers, to ensure the right care, by the right person, at the right time and in the right place. Practitioners will aim to enable individuals to maintain or regain independence or ensure a plan is in place for them to achieve their optimum personal potential and to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

The post holder will demonstrate a commitment to providing a quality, evidence based service, excellence in clinical practice, this together with continuous professional development are integral to the role and development of the service.

The post holder will support the delivery of policy and procedures, providing clinical leadership to achieve a quality, evidence based service, excellence in clinical practice, this together with continuous professional development are integral to the role and development of the service.

The service operates during practice opening hours, which may change depending on local guidelines.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THIS POST

• Recognised professional degree or equivalent
• Postgraduate study at Masters level
• Registered with appropriate professional regulatory body
• Relevant post registration qualification in autonomous practice or equivalent.
• Evidence of relevant post registration experience
• Independent Prescribing or evidence of working to PGDs with advanced knowledge (AHPs)
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literacy
• Knowledge of primary and urgent care issues

CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THIS POST

There are defined Core Competencies to support the delivery of effective and quality health care and support. It is expected that these competencies will be achieved and evidenced in full in line with NMC/relevant professional Code of Conduct.

The Core Competencies are defined in 11 Standards.

Assessment and evaluation against these Core skills and competencies takes place as part of the staff development process and contributes significantly to the appraisal process.

Competency Standard 1 - The roles of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The ANP is expected to:

• The post holder will take a lead role in the advanced clinical assessment, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and /or referral/discharge of a diverse and undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, in accordance with professional standards and codes of conduct, national best practice and locally and nationally agreed standards.
• Will act as a credible expert, leading a team in the care of patients, who may have highly complex and or/ chronic presentation, developing, evidencing high-level assessment, assimilation of information implementing and evaluating personalised clinical management plans.
• Undertaking appropriate investigations to formulate a diagnosis implement and evaluate treatment/ interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, complex needs or long term conditions.
• Prescribing within the boundaries of extended non-medical prescribing
• The post holder will provide critical thinking and analytical skills in practice, and attainment of knowledge, and use their experience to support practitioners in the development of their own skills and knowledge.
• To act as a role model, resource and mentor, promoting excellence in practice, maintaining and monitoring standards of care, highlighting and working with others as appropriate to manage performance where there is cause for concern. Both providing and participate in clinical supervision and undertaking peer review of practice.
• Support the collation of the training needs analysis, promoting learning and creating a positive learning environment.
• Participate in quality improvement, supports the development of service improvements, and also utilises knowledge of clinical governance to provide safe and effective services to individuals.
• Provides support, advice, guidance and training to patients, families and carers, to promote the understanding and consent to care.
• Access's research and interprets research, identifies gaps in practice, utilises appropriate evidence bases to support practice development and applies research evidence into working practice.

Competency Standard 2 - Your personal development

The Emergency Care Practitioner is expected to:

• Produce, develop and maintain a Personal Development Plan, know where you can get personal support and be aware of how others can help review and prioritise your personal development needs
• Understand why feedback from others is important in helping to develop and improve the way you work
• Use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development whilst also understanding the importance of reflective practice to continuously improve the quality of service you provide
• Participate in clinical supervision as a means to improving the quality of care to patients.
• Acknowledge own limitations, consciously reviews practice (mistakes / omissions/successes) to improve performance, reports any concerns regarding patient care, Identifies risks which could affect patient care
• Participates in staff development review and continuous professional development
• Challenge poor practice and be open to challenges by others.
• Plan, provide and evaluate the learning environment for pre-registered, post registered nurses and others as applicable; participates in the professional development of healthcare support workers.
• Act as a supervisor, mentor or preceptor as required.
• Contributes towards eliciting own training needs.
• Demonstrate professional conduct as defined by your professional code of conduct preserving patient rights and promoting mutual respect amongst colleagues.
• Attend all mandatory training as identified by line manager
• Acknowledge own limitations, consciously review practice (mistakes / omissions/successes) to improve performance, report any concerns regarding patient care, Identify risks which could affect patient care
• Maintains and develops own knowledge and skill base, responsible for own professional development, ensuring possession of the right skills, to deliver the agreed level of care appropriate to meet the patient's needs.
• Demonstrate responsibility for own learning and performance, including participating in clinical supervision and seeking peer review of own practice and understand why feedback from others is important to help review and prioritise your personal development needs.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of recent and on-going personal development including
• obvious leadership development.
• Extensive post registration experience in relevant settings.

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate a working knowledge and experience of the governance agenda locally.
• Experience of education and training issues/requirements for undergraduate and post graduate members of professions.
• Experience of working with the Frail/Elderly.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Health Care Professional holding current registration with appropriate regulatory body.
• Educated to degree level.
• Relevant post registration qualification in autonomous practice.
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification - Essential.

Desirable

• Ideally will have Postgraduate study at Masters level.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery

Address

41 Goodwins Road

King's Lynn

Norfolk

PE30 5QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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