Job Description - HSCRecruit

SurgicalDepartment:The Surgical Department includes 34 Emergency In-Patient beds (sharedwith Acute Medicine), including 9 single rooms, along with a 15 bed ElectiveSurgical Unit. 4 Paediatric Surgery beds are located in the PaediatricDepartment.There is access to Intensive Care and High Dependency beds (total of 4funded) in the Intensive Care Unit, which is located immediately beside theMain Operating Theatre Suite.Operating Theatre:There are 3 Theatres for In-Patients.The Theatre Suite is a spacious facility with separate accommodation for thereception of patients, anaesthetic rooms, and 6-bed recovery area. Thedepartment is equipped to a high standard with Kreuzer pendants, linkmonitoring to A&E, CCU and ICU, camera facilities for linking to the MDEC forteaching purposes, 3 complete Laparoscopic systems, Video Endoscopy, andImage Intensifier. There is clerical support provided inTheatre to produceoperation notes, which accompany the patient on return to the ward.There is formal co-ordination of the scheduling of Operating Sessions, DayProcedure Sessions, Anaesthetic cover and Out-Patient activity.The Trust has recently introduced a Theatre Management System.Day ProcedureUnit, CausewayHospital:This unit is an integral part of the hospital building and has direct accessbeside the main front entrance of the hospital. There are 22 places including6 beds for Laparoscopic Majors and 16 Day cases.Facilities includes:2 Operating Theatres – Used for General Surgery, ENT, Gynaecology,Dentistry and Diathermy for Podiatry; separate Endoscopy room used forprocedures including Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, Bronchoscopy andColposcopy; dedicated recovery area; equipment includes Kreuzer Pendantsystems, 2 Laparoscopic Systems and Video Endoscopy; Urodynamicsequipment used by Consultant Urologist, Gynaecologists and IncontinenceAdvisor; excellent patient facilities and information, with discharge lettersbeing issued to patients before leaving the Unit.Day SurgeryUnit,Mid-UlsterHospital:Staffing:A 12 bedded unit has been operational from 9 th November 2009. Thisfacilitates day surgery for General Surgery and Gynae, ENT and OphthalmicSurgery. There is a separate Endoscopy with up-to-date facilities.There is one General Manager for Surgery and related specialties, supportedby a Department Manager in each of the 2 Surgical Wards and inTheatres/Day Procedure Unit, Causeway and Mid-Ulster as well as a range ofRegistered and Enrolled Nurses, Nursing Auxiliaries and Medical Technical4