Band 4 Assistant Practitioner
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Norwich , Norfolk |
| Area | Norfolk, England |
| Sector | Nurse Practitioners |
| Salary | £25200 - £27596 per annum + 35 annual leave, private medical ins |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | TF/AP/NOR/15986_1709288299 |
| Job Views | 8 |
- Description
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the ATP in context of the team and organisation, and how the role contributes to service development
Experience in the acute environment
Good level of literacy
Basic awareness of health, safety and hygiene
Flexible working within shift duties
Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Commitment to lifelong learning
Good interpersonal skills
Awareness of infection control
To assist the perioperative team to provide exemplary care within the operating suite in the role of perioperative surgical support including scrub duties for cases deemed to be within the workers competence
The assistant theatre practitioner (ATP) role will assist in providing a safe, high quality environment for the carrying out of surgical procedures. The role is to perform a scrub practitioner role in minor to intermediate surgery and will also include circulatory duties for all aspects of surgery. Once the ATP is scrubbed, the delegated registered practitioner must ensure that they remain within the same theatres supervising the ATP until the case is complete.
The ATP provides skilled assistance to the surgeon in the operating theatre within the sterile field. The term 'skilled assistance' is limited to the handling of instrumentation, maintenance of the sterile field and completion of necessary risk assurance processes associated with the operative procedure. The 'skilled assistance' does not extend to activities associated with the role of 'advanced scrub practitioner'.
Free onsite parking
35 days Annual leave
Contributory Pension
Private Medical Insurance
Life Assurance
