Surgical Care Practitioner
Colchester, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
An exciting opportunity to join us as a Surgical Care Practitioner
In this role, you will act as the surgical assistant to the surgical team in robotic and laparoscopic as required and to the surgical team as required. You will be expected to perform these duties with a high degree of clinical skills and knowledge to achieve effective patient care.
Please note, this is a fixed term secondment position until 2nd April 2027. Internal candidates would be offered a secondment position only.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqueline Walker Job title: Service Manager Email address: jacqueline.walker@esneft.nhs.uk
In this role, you will act as the surgical assistant to the surgical team in robotic and laparoscopic as required and to the surgical team as required. You will be expected to perform these duties with a high degree of clinical skills and knowledge to achieve effective patient care.
Please note, this is a fixed term secondment position until 2nd April 2027. Internal candidates would be offered a secondment position only.
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We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqueline Walker Job title: Service Manager Email address: jacqueline.walker@esneft.nhs.uk
