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Perioperative Practitioner - Orthopaedics/SFA

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Perioperative Practitioner - Orthopaedic Scrub/SFA
Perioperative Practitioner - Orthopaedic Scrub/SFA | Theatres | Southend | Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, No Nights.
Spire Wellesley has an exciting opportunity for a Orthopaedics Scrub Practitioner/SFA, to join our experienced and dynamic team. Working with a wide variety of specialisms you will be able to develop your clinical skills in a modern and supportive environment, working 37.5 hours per week.
Spire Wellesley offers comprehensive private hospital services in a comfortable and relaxed environment to patients from across Essex. We believe it's our people that really set us apart, from the very best medical professionals, to our attentive and highly experienced support staff.
The Wellesley has 3 Theatres (2 laminar flow) and an endoscopy unit, a 33 bedded Surgical Ward covering a wide variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Bariatrics, General Surgery, Vascular, Plastics, Gynae, Ophthalmology, Spinal, Urology and ENT. We have had a recent Theatre refurbishment to further upgrade our theatre environment and bringing cutting edge technology to our hospital.
Duties and responsibilities:
We are looking for a Registered Nurse or ODP with Major Orthopaedic experience. You will also need to be SFA trained.
The 3 operating theatres are busy throughout the day, but every day is never the same due to the diversity of the workload, making this theatre department a fantastic place to work
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We prefer our theatre staff to be as multi-skilled as possible, so ideally you will be able to work across scrub, anaesthetics and/or recovery, but many of our staff specialise in just one or two areas. Most importantly our theatre staff are experienced in a variety of surgical procedures or are willing to learn new procedures and techniques under expert supervision. These will include general, ophthalmology, bariatric, urology, gynaecology to name a few.
This is a full time role covering 37.5 hours a week, working on a rota.
Who we're looking for:
Be NMC/HCPC registered - your pin should not have any restrictions or conditions
Have a minimum of 1 years major orthopaedic scrub experience.
SFA qualification
Compassionate and able to showcase excellent patient care
Strong communication skills
Benefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
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Free Bupa wellness screening
Private medical insurance
Life assurance


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For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Carly Dack on 07850725333 or email carly.dack@spirehealthcare.com [carly.dack@spirehealthcare.com]
Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
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