Job summary
Are you an experienced Band 5 scrub nurse looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting new vacancy for a Band 6 scrub practitioner in Orthopaedics. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills providing leadership and clinical management advice to the multidisciplinary team. You will be expected to assist and deputise for the Band 7 in managing the day to day running of the operating theatre.
Main duties of the job
OS Deputy Team Lead
To work predominantly in the scrub role to support Theatre Sister / Team Leader(s) in leading and managingthe service within the department effectively and to deputise in their manage general resources, both personnel and financial, to ensure the effective operation of post holder will provide skilled specialist assistance in the delivery of high-quality patient carethroughout the Operating Department. The post holder will be committed to providing research andevidence-based practice whilst working as part of, and leading a multi professional team.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
1. Professional UK registration eg NMC, HCPC
2. Post registration qualifications in field of expertise
3. Evidence of formal teaching / mentorship training
Desirable
4. Aware of local and national agenda within the speciality
5. Evidence of formal leadership training
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
6. Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience including CEPOD
7. Evidence of continued professional development (CPD) relevant to speciality
8. Demonstrates effective leadership skills
9. Evidence of supporting learners in practice
Desirable
10. Demonstrates knowledge of change management process
11. Evidence of engagement with quality improvement projects
Skills & Ability
Essential
12. Clinical skills appropriate to the relevant specialty
13. Advanced communication skills including complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner, also to liaise effectively: to understand and disseminate multifaceted information
14. Able to deliver learning sessions
15. Organisational and ongoing planning skills including own workload and of others in an unpredictable environment
Desirable
16. Highly specialist clinical skills across the relevant specialty
17. Able to work as part of a team, and lead a Multi-professional team