Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 361-7333780
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse/ODP - Maternity Theatres
NHS AfC: Band 5
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse/ODP - Maternity Theatres who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As a Registered Nurse /ODP in our Maternity Theatres team you will play a vital role in ensuring the highest standard of care for women undergoing clinical or peri-operative procedures.
At Lister Hospital, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment. You'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic team, contribute to service improvements, and grow your career. You will be required to rotate across our theatre teams and specialities.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking the role of scrub practitioner for both elective and emergency procedures within the maternity theatres, ensuring safe and effective care throughout the surgical process.
They will also provide compassionate, high-quality post-operative care to women in the recovery area, supporting their physical and emotional wellbeing during this critical period.
Working closely with the Department Manager, Matron, and members of the multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will contribute to maintaining and promoting the highest standards of clinical care within the unit.
In addition, the role involves supporting, monitoring, and delivering care to women and their babies during clinical procedures and throughout the post-operative phase, ensuring patient safety and a positive experience at all times.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Registered ODP
- Must be willing to undertake relevant post registration courses as advised by the Practice Educators/ Theatre Team Leaders
Desirable criteria
- ILS/ALS
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of mentorship & preceptorship training
- Advanced Life support certificate
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Gained through undertaking relevant study
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification experience within the perioperative setting
- Relevant experience in either an inpatient or day surgery theatre, maternity theatre or other relevant clinical area
- Peri-operative practice, skilled in recovery and scrub
- Experience of providing clinical support outside of the theatre area
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Basic IT skills
- Can organise and prioritise
- Ability to demonstrate initiative
- Flexible
- Clear written and spoken English
Desirable criteria
- Good planning skills
- Can perform in the role of scrub and circulating assistant, recovery person or has relevant experience within a critical / acute care setting.
- Has relevant experience within maternity or gynaecology surgery
- Can effectively and efficiently run a theatre list
- Can participate in the audit process
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Aware of the National 6 Cs campaign
- Aware of Trust’s Values
- An understanding of peri-operative patient care
- Understanding of aseptic technique and the work involved in caring for a women in theatre
- Team work
- Participate in audit
- Knowledge of the aims of the Trust
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of privacy / dignity & infection control relating to theatre area
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Lingley
- Job title
- Maternity Theatre Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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