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Location

Maidstone, Kent | United Kingdom

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Job description

Are you a theatre practitioner looking for a new role? Will only the best do for you and your patients? You were made for us.

We are currently looking for driven, methodical and highly motivated registered practitioners to join our operating theatre departments.

Whether you are a registered nurse, Operating Department practitioner or a paediatric nurse looking for a change or to gain experience with more complex and specialist surgery and anaesthetic, we want to hear from you.

You will bring a wide range of experience and specialist knowledge to this role, and be committed providing the highest standard of individualised, holistic patient centred care within the multi-disciplinary team. You will be ready to lead by example, show exemplary communications skills and manage the physical and mental demands of supporting our 22 theatres that cover a wide range of specialities.

Please state your preferred site of working in your supporting statement.

Tunbridge Wells at Pembury Hospital is the trusts ‘Hot site’ and runs both an elective and emergency service. It comprises of 11 theatres covering a wide range of specialties: Orthopedics (Elective & Trauma), CEPOD, Gynecology, Major Colorectal Surgery, Day case Upper GI, Urology, Breast, Obstetrics, Ophthalmic, ENT and Pediatric Orthopedics & ENT.

Maidstone Hospital is the trusts ‘Cold Site’ and covers a wide range of specialities with a focus on elective surgery – including Urology, Gynaecology, Oncology Gynaecology, Upper GI, Breast, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics. We do perform emergency Urology and Ophthalmology surgery, and remain on standby for any complications.

Our patients deserve the best and the well-being of our staff is the key to our success. We will work with you to help you achieve your career goals, and will help you strike the right work-life balance, allowing us to meet the needs of our services as well as those of you and your family.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please [email protected] this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Mar 2024

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