Perioperative Practitioner

Orthopaedic Scrub Perioperative Practitioner | Theatre Department | Bushey | North London | Full time, Monday - Saturday, no nights | enhancements and excellent benefits |

Spire Bushey Hospital is looking for a highly motivated Orthopaedic Scrub Practitioner to join their friendly and hard-working team on the bank, this is your opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading private hospitals and take your career to the next level.
Spire Bushey Hospital is one of North London and Hertfordshire’s leading private hospitals, with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatment. All of our consultants are highly experienced and many enjoy national and international reputations.

Spire Bushey Hospital forms part of a 4 site portfolio, and is supported by and works alongside Spire Bushey Diagnostic Centre, Elstree Cancer Centre and Spire Pathology Centre.  Our theatre team cover a wide variety of specialties including Ortho, Bariatric, General, Gyane, ENT, Urology, Plastics, Ophthalmics, Spinal.

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion and our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business.  We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and colleagues.

Duties and responsibilities

• To provide exemplary planned care for patients within the perioperative and assist in the management and organisation of care provision in the operating theatre.
• Assess patient’s health and well-being across a complex and changing caseload.
• Assist in the delivery of care to meet patient’s health and wellbeing.
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others.
• Promotes best practice in health and safety and security.
• Assist in maintaining and developing services.
• Contribute to quality improvement.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights
• Apply technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.

Who we're looking for

• HCPC registered ODP or NMC registered Nurse (no restrictions).
• Minimum 2 years scrub experience (Major Orthopaedics)
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Flexible, positive attitude.
• Desirable: Surgical First Assist (SFA) qualification
• Full time 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Benefits

We offer employed colleagues 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
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

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

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.