We are seeking a compassionate and motivated individual who acts as a role model and has Clinical Leadership skills to provide and coordinate Anaesthetic Practitioners predominately in the Angio Suite/Thrombectomy service alongside the Anaesthetic team leaders.
You will be a clearly identifiable Senior Clinical staff member, and as Senior ODP/ Anaesthetic Practitioner in Neuro/Thrombectomy Surgical Theatres. You will have significant Specialist Neurosurgical Clinical experience and be able to provide sound clinical expert advice to your team and coordinate and deliver high quality care.
Duties will also include supporting Neuro Theatres/other areas when possible. Experience in Neurosurgery Theatres is also essential.
Main duties of the job
CUH Theatres employ over 600 staff who work across a total of 37 operating theatres including specialities such as General surgery, Transplant, Orthopaedic surgery, ENT and Maxillofacial surgery, Neurosurgery and Paediatric surgery.
We are a regional Major Trauma Centre and in doing so serve a very wide and complex population. The post holder must have the ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to work autonomously. The role requires an ability to act as an expert resource, provider and role model within clinical areas with a flexible and adaptable approach, responding to the demands within the trust.
Applications are invited from Allied Health Professionals (AHP) or Nurses (RNs) with a passion for clinical education and practice development with the drive to ensure that all the members of our teams experience is of high quality, safe, and fit for purpose.
You will support and coordinate the development of pre and post registration ODP/Nursing students alongside our Education team.
If you share our vision of continuous growth, with a focus on patient safety and quality care, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
1. Our values and reputation for outstanding care
2. Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
3. Career and development opportunities
4. Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
5. Research experience and opportunities
6. Lovely location and quality of life
7. Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
* Applied for a Graduate visa
* or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
* or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 16th February 2025.
Interviews are due to be held on 25th February 2025.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Current NMC/HCPC registration
* Practice supervisor qualification or recognised equivalent (i.e. Mentorship, Facilitating Learning in Clinical Practice)
* Recognised Anaesthetic course for Nurses
* ILM - Institute of Leadership and Management course
Desirable
* Practice Assessor qualification
Experience
Essential
* Highly skilled Anaesthetic Practitioner
* Clinically current in more than one area of Perioperative Practice
* Theatre co-ordinating experience
* Minimum of 2 years working experience both in Neurotheatres and Angio
Desirable
* Evidence of supervision/mentoring of learners and junior staff
Knowledge
Essential
* Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC/HCPC Code of Professional Conduct
* Evidence of further professional development
* Good communication skills both written, IT and verbal
* Organisational/Time management skills
* Flexible to meet the needs of the service
Skills
Essential
* Ability to lead and work well within a team
* Committed to the development of junior staff
* Ability to challenge and change practice
* Willingness to undertake additional roles
* Ability to respond under pressure in an emergency
Desirable
* Evidence of change management
Additional Requirements
Essential
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of together: safe, kind, excellent.
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division A
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
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