Theatre Specialist Scrub - Burns and Plastics Trauma

Employer information

Flexible working

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 post within our Burns and Plastics Trauma Theatre at the Birmingham Children's Hospital. We require an expert clinical scrub practitioner to join our team to assure high standards of clinical care by providing direction, advice and intervention.

The post holder will contribute to the achievement of clinical group and corporate objectives and the required local and national quality and governance standards by ensuring that all required audits, assessments and reviews are completed within the agreed timeframes that action plans are regularly monitored and integrated into clinical practice within the designated area of responsibility.

The post holder will assist in the development of theatre practitioners and Theatre Support Staff, which will be directly employed by the service and/or on rotation.

The post holder will be accountable for ensuring the quality of the patient and family experience during their Peri-operative journey, through evidence-based nursing/theatre practice, including collaboration with the Multi-disciplinary Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will demonstrate extensive expert clinical knowledge and skills in Burns Management and have Paediatric plastics scrub skills. It is expected that they will work in theatre attire in the clinical environment whilst undertaking their specialist role- demonstrating specialist skills which will support others in the area to learn and teach safely and effectively.

The post holder will actively participate in service provision of the Theatres Department undertaking regular Out of Hours shifts, Weekend Shifts, General and/or specialty On-calls, providing specialty skills and knowledge to support service delivery and to ensure that safety standards are maintained whilst supporting and teaching of junior members of the team to deliver professional evidence-based care.

The post holder will work alongside their Theatre Lead to ensure their specialty has the right skills available for their service, as well as the right equipment, that their team know how to use in the safe delivery of high standards of care.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• NMC registration part 1, or HCPC Registration
• Evidence of continued professional development related to Theatres
• Recognised Leadership qualification or willing to undertake

Desirable criteria

• Educated Degree or equivalent experience
• Recognised teaching and assessing qualification for mentorship

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in Theatres at Senior practitioner level
• Knowledge and understanding of operational nursing/theatre issues in a specialist Trust.
• Knowledge and understanding of current nursing policy and practice issues.
• Knowledge & experience of Child Protection/safe guarding
• Knowledge & understanding of Infection Control

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit and research
• Knowledge & understanding of Patient/Public Involvement, management of complaints and investigations

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

Essential criteria

• Judgement involving facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

• Proactive, self-motivated, with the ability to motivate others
• Ability to manage own workload and that of others and Ability to manage own workload and supervise that of others.
• Responsible for policy implementation and service development for own work area
• Responsible for staff roster allocation

Desirable criteria

• Able to use the Allocate E roster system.
• Conversant with Microsoft Office and able to operative and interpret spread sheets

PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive.
• Knowledge, understanding in Risk Management and Governance issues.

Additional employer information

Sponsorship

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

• Theatre Practitioner (PDF, 792.5KB)