Main area: Day Surgery Unit - Northern General Hospital
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (30 hours - minimum contract considered.)
Job ref: 190-8599-DIR-A
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 06/01/2025
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We have an excellent and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and suitably experienced Senior Practitioner/Sister/Charge Nurse to join us in our busy Day Surgery Theatres. We are looking for individuals who are committed to providing a quality, patient-focused service for patients on the Day Surgery Pathway.
As a multi-speciality area, you will be supported to develop your surgical skills. There are opportunities for you to access further education and training to enhance your own personal and professional development.
Hours of working rota may be altered to provide adequate provision for patient care, unless otherwise stated in the contract of employment. The post holder may be asked at the discretion of the Nurse Director to work in any Unit of the Trust, as required.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for individuals who have a broad experience of working within the operating theatre environment. As a Senior Practitioner, you will be required to work alongside the Theatre Team, including Surgical and Anaesthetic Colleagues on a daily basis while acting in a supervisory role, managing theatre lists, staff, and resources accordingly.
You will also need a broad knowledge of surgical specialties and possess the skills to share your experience by acting as a positive role model and coach to the wider team. We encourage practitioners to actively participate in change processes and welcome contributions to service improvement.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Bev Stokes Day Surgery Unit is a dedicated self-contained unit comprising a patient admission area, 3 Theatres, a dedicated Recovery area, and Ward area. We are part of the Anaesthetic and Operating Services care group which manages 58 operating theatres across the trust, plus the theatre admission units and pre-operative assessment clinics as well as post-anaesthetic care on all sites.
The Day Surgery Unit is focused on providing same-day elective surgery for patients on a variety of Surgical Pathways, including General Surgery (Colorectal, Hepatobiliary and Upper Gastro-intestinal), Renal, Urology, Vascular, Musculoskeletal (Hand Surgery, Podiatric Surgery, Spine), and Chronic Pain.
Day surgery is instrumental in meeting the NHS Recovery Plan, offering benefits to patients whilst reducing waiting times, releasing valuable bed stock, and has a significant effect on financial implications. We are currently escalating our workload due to us undertaking an increasing amount of High Volume, Low Complexity Surgery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (General Level 1) with valid NMC Registration.
* Operating Department Practitioner with current HCPC Registration.
* To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* Completion of Mentor Preparation.
* Achievement of 1st Degree or working towards.
* Management and Leadership Qualification.
Clinical Experience
* Extensive clinical experience in area of specialism.
* Evidence of setting, implementing, and auditing clinical standards.
* Evidence of promoting high-quality clinical practice as an expert in the team.
* Evidence of responding to change in a positive manner.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
* Knowledge of Risk Management.
* An understanding of the clinical governance agenda.
* Development of clinical competencies.
* Experience of clinical supervision.
* Involvement in research projects and quality developments.
Skills and Knowledge
* Recruitment and Selection.
* Staff Communication.
* Staff Counselling.
* Staff Development Forums.
* Seamless Surgery.
* Human Resource Management Skills.
* Experience of Change Management.
* Service Improvement.
* High Volume, Low Complexity Surgery.
Aptitude and Attitude:
* Be Able to demonstrate: Assertiveness and Confidence.
* Committed to Equal Opportunities.
* Committed to mentoring and developing learners.
* Committed to encouraging effective teamwork.
* Ability to build a cohesive team.
* Effective handling of critical incidents.
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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full-time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition, for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered; please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check, and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Donna Hinchcliffe
Job title: Lead Practitioner
Email address: donna.hinchliffe3@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0114 2715840
Additional information: email preferred - to move on to arrange a mutually agreeable time to call.
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