Theatre Practitioner-Orthopaedic Scrub

Job Purpose

Ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care throughout the peri-operative journey, particularly in the scrub role. Support the scrub team, ensuring safe and effective theatre care. Act as the patients advocate, prioritising their needs and well-being throughout the peri-operative journey. Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care. Work closely with the Theatre Coordinator and the team leaders to ensure the smooth running of the theatre department. Maintain patient safety by ensuring compliance with infection prevention and control practices. To provide supervision and support to all staff and students. Deliver safe, compassionate, and high-quality care that is tailored to each patients individual needs. The role may require working across all Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust sites.

Scrub Specific Duties

Assist the scrub team to ensure safe, efficient, and compassionate care during surgery. Ensure surgical instrument management, aseptic techniques, and theatre setup, is delivered safely and in line with best practice. Prepare, use and maintain scrub equipment and consumables to ensure safety and compliance. Assist in managing surgical complications, ensuring a timely response to any changes in the patients condition. Ensure the theatre environment is prepared, socked and equipped to handle elective and emergency procedures. Monitor and review surgical procedures and patient progress, ensuring safe handover to recovery teams. Maintain accurate scrub and theatre records in line with legal and Trust policies.

Management

To deputise in the absence of team leaders in managing staff within the team, ensuring high standards of performance and teamwork. Ensure that all safety measures are in place. Report all accidents, incidents, and near misses to the theatre coordinator or senior team leader. Contribute to risk management by identifying and mitigating risks within the department. Foster a supportive, team-focused culture that encourages learning, development, and continuous quality improvement. Promote a culture of safety and learning, encouraging a no-blame approach. Ensure equipment is used safely and is maintained to a high standard. Ensure the health and safety of all staff, patients and visitors.

Education and Training

Work closely with the recruitment and development team ensure youre professional development is maintained. Act as a student assessor, supporting students throughout their clinical placements and evaluating their clinical progress. Supervise, mentor, and support new staff and students in scrub practices and theatre techniques. Ensure you are up to date with the latest practices, guidelines, and equipment. Provide feedback from in-house and external training courses to share knowledge on emerging techniques. Participate in the delivery of in-house training including medical devices and link roles. Encourage a culture of continuous professional development by supporting staff participation in competency assessments and reflective practice. To be responsible for attending training sessions for the safe use of medical devices and to ensure all equipment is safely maintained in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.

Professional

Keep up to date with current clinical practices, trust policies and developments in equipment and technology. Always maintain a professional attitude, serving as a role model to staff and adhering to best practice. Be aware of personal and professional development needs and attend mandatory training. Promote effective communication within the multidisciplinary team. Always ensure compliance with infection prevention and control practices.

General Duties

Participate in the on-call rota or out-of-hours duties as required for emergency surgery and respond effectively to critical incidents. Adhere to the Trusts IT policies regarding email and internet usage, maintaining confidentiality and data protection standards. Ensure all Trust standards are maintained with active participation in audits and quality improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient outcomes. Every employee has a duty to take care of their own health and safety and that of others and to cooperate with the Trust to ensure statutory and Trust regulations are complied with.