Management To ensure that duty rotas for staff provide effective and suitably qualified and experienced staff to cover the requirements of a 24 hours service To actively participate in the co-ordination of the theatre department, ensuring the best use of available staff to provide safe patient care on a 24 hour basis To meet with your team leaders on a regular basis both as a group and individually and to keep records of discussions To take all measures to ensure safety and report all accidents/incidents/near misses on the datix system To take responsibility for the investigation of incidences using the datix process and to ensure that learning is shared and embedded in clinical practice To lead risk management within own area of responsibility, participating in the identification analysis of risk To have an understanding of the theatre budget, ensuring efficient and effective utilisation of resources To be conversant with trust policies, procedures and to participate in the development of policies/procedures where appropriate To ensure that staff attendance is appropriately managed where it falls below trust expectations To participate in the selection and recruitment of staff To ensure that your team appraisals are effective and done in a timely fashion in order to identify training needs to develop both staff and the theatre service To be responsible for the equipment in own specialty, ensuring that it is used safely and effectively, kept in working order and properly maintained Education and Training To be aware current and most up to date research and developments to ensure high standards of practise within theatres and to maintain a wide knowledge of current health / surgical / peri-operative issues To facilitate teamwork and a no blame culture that supports staff to learn and develop To assist and participate in the induction programme for newly appointed staff To maintain a learning environment where the training and development needs of individuals can be met, supporting staff to develop clinical and managerial skills To ensure all staff that are directly managed maintain high levels of mandatory training percentage through attending appropriate training or the completion of e-learning To participate in the development of training programmes in accordance with identified needs and in partnership with the education facilitator for theatres Professional To maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the theatre practitioner in the best interest of the patient and in accordance with the nursing and ODP codes of conduct To promote a positive attitude towards peri-operative care and the trust To be responsible for their own personal and professional development and attend all mandatory training To encourage staff to participate in clinical supervision To counsel staff in relation to personal and professional matters To perform other duties as directed by theatre matron / senior theatre matron General duties: Participate in the on-call rota or out of hours duties as required for emergency surgery To provide short-term cover for colleagues during periods of leave To adhere to the trusts IT policies regarding email and internet usage To ensure that all trust standards are maintained and monitored in order to improve the quality of care to all whom come into contact with services provided by this Trust Every employee has a duty to take care of the health and safety of him / herself and of other persons who may be affected by his / her acts or omissions at work and to cooperate with the trust to ensure that statutory and trust regulations are complied with.