Theatre Team Leader | East Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, committed, hardworking, and highly motivated, Registered Nurse’s or Operating Department Practitioner’s to join our family of dedicated Theatre Practitioners.

Your base for the role will predominantly be at Burnley General Hospital, however cross site working will be an expectation, as the service need occurs.

We have 11 theatres at the Royal Blackburn site and 17 at Burnley General and together we carry out a wide range of both elective and emergency surgery through many specialities including:
Gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, vascular, colorectal, HPB,Urology, orthopaedics, trauma, ENT, maxillofacial including Robotic assisted Surgery, and a 24 hour emergency service on both sites.

ELHT already has the largest and most comprehensive programme of robot assisted surgery in the northwest, with the region’s leading surgeons removing head and neck, urological and colorectal cancers at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.

A second robot has been installed at Burnley General Teaching Hospital allowing surgeons to perform robot assisted surgery for gynaecological/Urological cancers.

The extra capacity will also allow ELHT to perform more robot assisted surgery which will eventually include Hepato-biliary cancers.

Our aim is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care, by putting safety and quality at the heart of all we do.

We require a committed, motivated, hardworking individual to work in our theatres. You will be required to show flexibility in your approach to the role and have excellent time management and communication skills.

We also expect all applicants to be dedicated to their role and enhance their knowledge and skills.

This post does include participation in weekend and late shifts.

Duties Include; providing expert standards of care to patients, maintaining a safe environment for all, completing accurate and clear electronic and written documentation, acting as scrub / circulating

nurse and or act as anaesthetic /recovery nurse depending on qualification and experience when clinical. Co-ordination of the theatre unit on a day to day basis. Exercise strong and effective leadership acting as an exemplary role model for the unit.

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