Theatre Practitioner

To undertake duties as anaesthetic practitioner/nurse. Providing sensitive and professional care at all times. This post will be for an anaesthetic practitioner but a requirement to move to scrub may be required. To act as a role model, demonstrate own activities to new/less experience employees. Liaise with the ward and other departments and all members of the multidisciplinary team in the care and treatment of patients. Provide holistic care utilising persuasive, empathic and reassurance skills where necessary from admission to discharge in the department. Assess, plan and implement care of the patient seeking advice when required and taking appropriate action. To work within organisational policies, standard operating procedures and guidelines. To comply with health, safety and security requirements of self and others To contribute to the development of services and quality improvements The post holder will ensure they understand their responsibilities with regard to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Act as a skilled assistant to the anaesthetist both in the theatre complex and outside department areas wherever needed. Clean and check complex and complicated anaesthetic machines and equipment as assigned, in accordance with the association of anaesthetist guidelines, replacing consumables as required. Sourcing of specialised equipment from other departments when required. Ensure any equipment or repair problems are notified immediately to the Deputy Team Leader. Ensure that the area you are responsible for is in a permanent state of anaesthetic readiness Prepare, check, restock and be accountable for resuscitation equipment, emergency and specialist trolleys and equipment used throughout the hospital, ensuring that equipment is in date and in a permanent state of readiness, to facilitate an effective and successful running of a critical incident. Participate as a member of both the on call adult and paediatric resuscitation team, obstetric teams and trauma team, being required as an anaesthetic practitioner to work independently of your functional group whilst working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Participate actively as part of the anaesthetic team during elective/emergency Labour Ward surgery. Participate actively on the trusts critical care transfer team both from within the trust and patient intra-hospital transfers throughout the UK. May be part of scrub/anaesthetic rotation