We are excited to offer a Band 7 opportunity in the Surgical Theatre Suite at the Royal Derby Hospital. We are looking for a Lead Practitioner with a high level of professionalism to help develop our wide-ranging theatre service.
Within Surgical Theatres, we cover all of the following specialties: ENT, OMF, Vascular, Bariatrics, Urology, Colorectal, Upper GI, and Emergency Surgery.
The successful candidate will be an integral part of the MDT and will be expected to contribute clinically and managerially across the Surgical Theatre Suite, consisting of 10 theatres, which includes a state-of-the-art Vascular/Radiology Hybrid Theatre, a Robotic Theatre, and a 24-hour emergency service. The successful candidate will need considerable experience working in a Surgical Theatre environment with excellent communication skills.
You must show enthusiastic leadership skills and have the ability to lead the Theatre team and the department.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Theatre Manager to provide clinical management, responsibility, and leadership for Surgical Theatres to ensure patient-focused care delivery. This will incorporate undertaking a coordinator role, management of day-to-day activities, troubleshooting, and working collaboratively with MDT to maximize the efficiency of the service. A keen interest in driving and developing the Surgical Theatre suite forward is required.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for financial budgets, targets, and cost savings with regular Divisional Finance meetings with the Clinical Theatre Manager.
Ensuring that guidelines, national and local policies, infection control measures, audit collection, and quality assurance are maintained and adhered to. From these assessments, provide improvement pathways to ensure best practice is achieved, which is evidenced-based.
Closing Date of Applications: 06th March 2025
Interview Date: 20th March 2025
As a trusted organization at the heart of our communities, we recognize the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust, and the associated behaviors are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Amanda Haywood
Job title: Theatre Manager
Email address: amanda.haywood@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07393759342
Contact Telephone Numbers:
01332785001 or Mobile 07393759342 #J-18808-Ljbffr