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Job summary

Main area
Theatres
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
110-NMR154-0424-A
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Charles Hospital
Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Salary
£28,834 - £35,099 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Perioperative Care Practitioners (Scrub Side), Theatres, PCH

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

To act as a scrub practitioner/circulating practitioner for the whole range of surgical specialties.

To develop surgical scrub skills in all specialties. 

Main duties of the job

The Theatre Department in Prince Charles Hospital is looking for a Theatre Practitioner to join their busy team.

The successful applicant must have an in depth knowledge of the health service with first level Nursing registration or the Operating Department Practitioner qualification.

The applicant must demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. The successful applicant must be dynamic and pro-active, and be flexible to changing work demands.

The successful applicant will join a supportive team who are passionate about department and the quality of care they deliver.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. 

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one tea

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. 

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Nursing degree / Registered General Nurse or equivalent (Registered Operating Department Practitioner for example)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the surgical environment and type of work to be undertaken
  • Student placement in theatre
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in a theatre environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wendy Hocson-Mcconnell
Job title
Theatre Manager
Email address
[email protected]