Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Northern General Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff.
Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/04/2025 23:59
Interview date 23/04/2025
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst 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 exciting opportunity to join the Cardiothoracic Theatre Team as Lead Practitioner at Northern General Hospital.
To provide positive team leadership, ensuring a high standard of patient care is delivered in a safe, professional environment.
The post holder is responsible for planning the development of the team and for the operational management of staff within a defined team, including appraisals, rotas, recruitment and selection and the supervision of students.
Support the Matron/Lead Nurse/CSM in providing a quality service to all its users and deliver the broad objectives of the clinical teams.
The post holder’s duties would reflect a 60% clinical and 40% managerial commitment.
Main duties of the job
The top 5 priorities of the job are:
1. Have continuing responsibility for the day to day management of the specialist area of the post.
2. Have continuing responsibility for the departmental assessment of patient care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of agreed standards.
3. Ensure that all aspects of the delivery of patient care are supported through the identification, application and dissemination of research findings relating to clinical practice ensuring that all aspects of practice are evidence based.
4. Provide clinical leadership within the speciality ensuring that patients receive a high standard of care appropriate for their surgical and anaesthetic needs according to identified and agreed protocols.
5. Ensure that all aspects of the Trust's policies on infection prevention and control related to the peri-operative pathway are adhered to.
Working for our organisation
The department supports a multidisciplinary approach to providing the surgical patient with a high-quality surgical experience.
The department will work collaboratively with other directorates to provide a fully accessible and appropriate service.
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
* RGN, Diploma / Degree in Nursing/ City & Guilds 752/ ODP NVQ Level 3/ BSc in Operating Department Practice.
* City and Guilds 730, 7281 / Mentorship or recognised teaching qualification.
* First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes).
* Study at Master’s Level 7 or working towards.
Experience
* Current managerial experience leading a team.
* Extensive Experience in Cardiothoracic Theatres and a wide range of surgical specialities.
* Theatre Utilisation and Service improvements.
* Sickness monitoring and Quality Assurance Management.
* Patient Flow experience.
* Theatre Coordinator role.
* Experience in managing an elective and emergency pathway.
Further Training
* Actively Involved in Service Improvement Relevant short courses e.g. Management Infection Control, H&S.
* Clinical related courses in specialism.
* After Action Review Conductor Training
* Human Factors.
* Excellent communication skills with all multidisciplinary team.
* Ability to manage own work and that of others.
* Understanding of performance management within operating theatres.
* Managing budgets – Staff and equipment.
Other Factors
* Flexible approach.
* The ability to successfully implement change.
Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.
Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Sarah Badger Job title Matron Cardiothoracic Theatres, Recovery and CICU Email address sarah.badger3@nhs.net Telephone number 0114 271 4391
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