Minor Procedures Unit - Scrub Nurse Band 5

The role is a primary function supporting the team for the optimal care of our patients.
Scrub and circulatory responsibility within the MPU. Assisting the operator with procedures.
The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate health care to all patients attending the Minor Procedures Unit, located at the Candover Clinic is the most important objective for the organisation., To support the team in the delivery of the service, this includes:
+ High standards of Professional Practice to ensure delivery of high quality safe and effective care.
+ Ability to scrub for cases such as dermatology, cataracts and vascular.
+ Ability to admit and discharge patients for minor procedures in accordance with trust policy and up to date clinical guidance.
+ Be able to use clinical systems such as patient centre, EPR and NEXUS for the admission and discharge of patients
+ Developing own clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.
+ Acting as a good role model
+ Supporting the team in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high standard and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
+ To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills where factors may be conflicting, requiring analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning check
+ To develop clinically reasoned treatment, action and discharge plans and to undertake and evaluate treatment
Supporting the MPU scrub team and OPD clinic team in day to day tasks such as stock ordering and audits, Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
+ HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.

+ Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
+ All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
+ In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.