Band 5 Scrub Nurse/ODP - Podiatric Surgery

Job summary

A band 5 scrub practitioner (Nurse/ODP/Podiatrist) is required to work within our small but dynamic community Podiatric Surgery department. Scrub experience is desirable but not essential as training can be provided. We also provide outpatient clinics and post operative dressing clinics.

Come and learn new skills within our diverse team.

Work alongside our clinical team Monday to Friday, no on-calls. Free car parking.

2 long days a week are required to support theatre (07:30 - 18:30).

Main duties, tasks & skills required

1. To be responsible for reporting clinical incidents and complaints, ensuring the process is communicated appropriately.

2. To ensure defined levels of responsibility and role boundaries set with junior staff are adhered to, providing adequate opportunities for them to develop their role.

3. Ensure theatre and out-patient environment and processes reflect the changing needs of the service.

4. Supervise junior members of the nursing team in clinical environment, this includes facilitating a culture of continuing professional and practice development.

5. Promote a positive working environment.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* L6 (Degree) trained Nurse / ODP / Podiatrist

* Current, unrestricted and active registration with the NMC or HCPC

* GCSE Maths, English & Science

Experience

Essential

* Current or recent experience of working in a theatre environment

* Ability to assess patient condition, interpret problems and determine appropriate timely course of action within clinical and theatre environment. e.g. liaising with surgeon to determine whether patient fit to proceed to surgery should there be a deterioration in peri-operative stage

* Ability to assist surgeons and supervise Junior staff

* Maintain written and computer based Records

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Mary Duggen 

mary.duggan@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213290055