Bank Perioperative Specialists

Bank Perioperative Specialist | Da Vinci Robot | Competitive Hourly Rate | Flexible Working | Leeds – LS8

Spire Leeds Hospital has an exciting opportunity for experienced Perioperative Practitioners who specialise in Da Vinci Robotics Surgery.

Spire Leeds Hospital, located in Roundhay, Leeds, has been treating patients for almost 30 years. We are the region’s largest private hospital in terms of the range of services we offer and the number of consultants we work with. The hospital offers a range of services and facilities including four operating theatres, a sterile services department, a dedicated endoscopy suite, and a diagnostic and imaging department with an MRI and CT scanner. There are outpatient and physiotherapy departments providing services six days per week

Duties and responsibilities;

To support the senior staff and Surgeons ensuring high standards of effective care are delivered to all patients within the Theatre suite, whilst maintaining communication within the team.

• Ensure the Patient Record is signed and completed in a timely and accurate way.
• Perform scrub assistant duties in line with the speciality requirements and successfully lead an Emergency scenario for an incident with Da Vinci Robot .
• Always maintain effective channels of communication.
• Comply with Spire policies/procedures and in particular, issues relating to Health and Safety, COSSH, Incidents Reporting and the Data Protection Act.
• Report all accidents and untoward incidents to senior staff.
• Act as specialist person in your area of expertise.
• Deliver patient care in accordance with recognised standards of research based clinical practise.
• By precept and example, to ensure that the rights, dignity and confidentiality of the patient are protected at all times.
• Understand and apply a holistic patient centred care approach, identifying and considering specialist clinical needs whilst the patient is in the Theatre Department
• Ensure that all elements contained within the HCPC/NMC Code of Professional Conduct are adhered to and ensure that you maintain registration requirements.
• Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.

• Act as Clinical First Assistant to the operating surgeon in line with Spire Policy

  Who we're looking for

• NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner with no restrictions to practice.
• Substantial perioperative experience within a theatre environment.
• Proven experience working with the Da Vinci Surgical Robot in a scrub capacity.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and independently when required.
• Commitment to delivering safe, high-quality patient care.
• Experience across multiple surgical specialities undertaking robotic procedures.
• Experience within a private healthcare setting ideal but not essential
• ALS or ILS qualification desirable but not a requirement

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.
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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.

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