Main area Theatres Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: You may be required to work late shifts, nights and weekends and take part in an on-call rota. You may also be required to work your contracted hours across 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week.
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Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site University Hospital of Wales Town Cardiff Salary £46,840 - £53,602 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/04/2025 23:59
Clinical Lead for Cardiothoracic Theatres
Band 7
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future.
We are a values-driven organisation and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Our values are:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.
Job overview
Are you a hard working and conscientious? Do you love a challenge? Then come and join our Cardiac Surgical Theatre team as a Band 7 Cardiothoracic Clinical Team Lead.
A rare and exciting opportunity has come about for someone to lead the Cardiothoracic team currently based at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff.
We are looking for an experienced Nurse or ODP with a passion for Cardiac surgery and a strong leadership background. You will be responsible for the day to day running of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Theatres and the management of the Cardiac team.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide experienced and professional leadership for a clinical team within the Perioperative Care Directorate.
2. Exercise accountability for the management of the clinical team, leading and developing staff members in the delivery of compassionate, high quality, effective, patient centred care.
3. Provide visible, professional leadership, support, supervision and guidance, expert clinical advice and undertake management and monitoring activities in line with legal and professional requirements.
4. Be responsible for the efficient management of the clinical team budget and effectively deploy the clinical team.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Part 1) / Operating Department Practitioner
* Current NMC / HCPC Registration
* Degree
* Pertinent postgraduate qualification and a willingness to undertake appropriate post graduate level study when in post
* Management Certificate/Diploma
* Recognised Leadership qualification
* Master’s Degree in pertinent subject
Special knowledge
* Knowledge of current professional issues
* Appropriate experience within the speciality and able to demonstrate sound knowledge
* Evidence of effectively implementing change in clinical practice
* Evidence of research and audit work
* Ability to work within a team and independently
* Flexible to meet the needs of the service
* Commitment and able to work well under pressure
* Pleasant disposition
Skills
* Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional issues and developments
* Evidence of leadership skills
* Good knowledge of information governance/data protection requirements
* Participate in Audit
* Ability to manage conflict constructively
* Ability to develop rosters and work with IT programs
Experience
* Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of the NMC Code (2018) & HCPC equivalent
* Proven post-registration experience and evidence of co-ordinating and managing a team of staff
* Experience in budget management
* Experience of running a clinical team within the Perioperative environment
* Experience of leading a team
* Understanding of financial and resource management
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
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