We are looking for an enthusiastic Team Leader to join our bright and happy team in the Blyth operating suite.
Blyth theatres specialise in obstetrics, gynaecology and gynaeoncology surgery. These exciting and acute specialist areas can provide you with a dynamic challenge and give you the opportunity to develop your clinical and team skills.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual, who is willing to learn and play a fundamental role in caring for a patient undergoing a surgical procedure at Ipswich Hospital.
• You will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high standards of peri-operative clinical practice and individualised patient care within a designated theatre team.
• You will provide effective leadership that supports and promotes confidence and development of team members to meet service requirements
• You will provide specialist knowledge and skills in Theatre and Anaesthetic practice and to lead the continuing development of this area through research and clinical effectiveness, initiating and implementing change.
• You will assist in the smooth functioning of the Operating Department through liaison with other Theatres and Recovery rooms, wards and hospital departments, clinic and retinal suite
• You will promote a safe and attractive environment, acting as role model encouraging learning and the development of new ideas.
• You will take responsibility for the management of the theatre teams/department in the absence of the unit/suite manager.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat’swidely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Friday 7 Mar 2025