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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
The Theatre environment within the DATCC Directorate at the Western General Hospital comprises of three theatre suites. Main Theatre, Breast (Oncology), Outpatient Day Surgery, with associated Recovery Rooms and Day Bed Admission Suite for surgical service.
The theatre provides surgical intervention service for the following specialities Breast Oncology, Colorectal and Urology each under the umbrella of Professorial Academia and Research.
The perioperative departments are vibrant and enticing units to work. Delivery of surgical intervention is twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week, with an out of hours on call emergency service known as CEPOD. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team as a perioperative practitioner (Registered Nurse, Operating Department Practitioner, Healthcare Support Worker)
In addition, as part of the perioperative team you will be given the opportunity to rotate through the specialities participating in new innovative surgical developments, gaining knowledge and experience in Robotic and Laser procedures and much more. The training and development of staff is fundamental for progression in a fast paced and ever-changing healthcare system.
Our priority is to deliver the highest quality assured care, to the vulnerable patient attending the department for a scheduled or emergency surgical procedure. We employ nonregistered and registered practitioners. All are given the opportunity of a lifelong learning career pathway.
Each member of staff within the perioperative environment commences their learning with the fundamental foundation of our training. First by gaining knowledge and experience of assisting the patients through their perioperative journey, using the patients personal integrated care pathway.
Followed by a training program which incorporates the demographic areas of outlying services, e.g. Blood Bank, Microbiology, Pathology and Wellcome Trust. Not forgetting the essential core competencies such as, housekeeping, circulating, patient positioning and specimen handling etc. In addition, specialist competencies involving Surgical scrubbing, Anaesthetics and much more. All learning being conducive for personal development towards Lifelong Learning Career Pathway. Through this personal journey you will be guided and supported by the multidisciplinary team
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact: celia.mckiernan@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk