Band 7 - Specialist Lead Theatre Practitioner, HWE Surgical Centre
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Do you want to be part of a team working in brand new, purpose-built theatres providing planned surgery for patients across Hertfordshire and west Essex?
We are looking NOW for talented staff to form the core team that will be the beating heart of the Hertfordshire and West Essex Surgical Centre being built at St Albans City Hospital and set to open in Spring 2025.
More than 4,000 patients will be seen at the hub each year for non-complex orthopaedic, hip and knee surgery as well as ear, nose and throat procedures and spinal injections. Being separated from emergency services will reduce the risk of short-notice cancellations.
This is a fabulous opportunity to play a key role in a flagship collaborative project between the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board.
The Surgical Centre will focus on Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) standards and will be a highly efficient facility, achieving 85% theatre utilisation and operating sessions over an extended 10-hour day, four days a week, with shorter, 8-hour operating sessions taking place on Friday and Saturdays.
Main duties of the job
As the specialist lead theatre practitioner, you will support the Surgical Centre to be a centre of High Volume, Low Complexity (HVLC) surgery, utilising the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) standards and best practice to achieve a highly efficient facility.
You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, development and/or implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients undergoing operating theatre procedures within the surgical centre for ENT and Orthopaedics.
You will work with colleagues ensuring that all patients scheduled for surgery are safely prepared and the co-ordination of their theatre time is communicated effectively with all clinical colleagues. You will develop the service to ensure that appropriate protocols and governance are in place and to audit the service regularly to ensure that best practice is maintained.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details regarding this role.
Person Specification
Education
* Registered Practitioner with current NMC or HCPC registration.
* Teaching & assessing qualification.
* Specialist knowledge at post-registration level in relevant specialist areas - minimum of 2 specialties.
* Masters in relevant subject.
* European Computer Driving License (ECDL).
Knowledge
* Understanding of responsibilities under NMC / HCPC Code of Conduct.
* Risk management issues including H&S, clinical risk management and quality issues.
* Significant knowledge of HCAI.
* Understanding of relevant research and its application to practice.
* Current NHS policy including frameworks, NICE guidelines.
Experience
* Experience in senior clinical post.
* Clinical expertise within ENT & Orthopaedics.
* Experience of leading a team.
* Experience of identifying education and training needs of others.
* Managing conflict.
* Managing sickness absence.
* Management of clinical incidents / complaints.
* Experience of audit / benchmarking.
* Experience in management of human and financial resources.
Skills and ability
* Excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills including report writing, presentation skills and time management.
* Ability to influence, manage and achieve objectives working in a demanding environment.
* Able to problem solve and initiate change.
* Able to work across professional boundaries.
* Ability to command the confidence of colleagues.
* Effective team working/ partnership abilities.
* Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
* Ability to multitask.
* Interviewing and appraisal skills.
* Able to work autonomously.
* Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the bigger picture.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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