Trainee Advanced Scrub Practitioner

• Supervision of junior members of staff, students and visitors.
• To provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi disciplinary team.
• To provide on call cover as required to meet the needs of the service .
• May be required to work on other sites across the Trust.

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care under the direction of the senior nurse/SODP.
• To assist in the provision of nursing care and maintain high clinical standards.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Develop over time and contribute to the management of a clinical area and take charge in the absence of Senior Nurse/ODP.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Essential

• 1st Level live NMC Registered General Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner qualification
• Evidence of ongoing practice development
• Registered Mentor. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

Desirable

• Recognised teaching qualification
• Recognised post graduate theatre/anaesthetic qualification
• Post Registration qualification in specialty
• Diploma/degree in nursing/or health related topic