Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Broadgreen theatre team as band 7 Unit Co-ordinator. Unit E currently supports Orthopaedics, Breast Surgery, General surgery, and Pain theatres.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual with extensive theatre experience currently working at band 6 or above.
The post is to provide leadership, direction, and support to the unit team members in order to deliver a safe and efficient service to our patients. Training and support will be given to the successful candidate from the Surgical Division leadership team.
Main duties of the job
1. Co-ordination of the ward on a day-to-day basis including planning, allocation, and evaluation of the new work streams carried out by teams.
2. Provide specialist knowledge to all theatre staff within the Team.
3. Promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the unit environment is responsive to current issues.
4. Ensure that all existing procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients are reviewed and updated as required.
5. Develop methods for identifying, maintaining, and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.
6. Exercise strong and effective leadership, acting as an exemplary role model for the Unit team.
7. Maintain adequate staff cover and skill mix on the unit through effective use of staffing rotas.
8. Ensure staff compliance with mandatory training and maintain current records.
9. Ensure effective communication with patients and their carers.
10. Monitor and manage staff sickness/absence following the Trust guidelines, and liaise with the Matron as necessary.
11. Act at all times in a manner that upholds the reputation of the Trust and safeguards the wellbeing and dignity of patients and their relatives.
12. Act always in accordance with the NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct and Guidance documents and maintain active status on NMC/HCPC Register.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Job responsibilities
1. Co-ordination of the ward on a day-to-day basis including planning, allocation, and evaluation of the new work streams carried out by teams.
2. Provide specialist knowledge to all theatre staff in the unit.
3. Promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the ward environment is responsive to current issues.
4. Ensure that all existing procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients are reviewed and updated as required with the new hospital move.
5. Develop methods for identifying, maintaining, and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.
6. Exercise strong and effective leadership, acting as an exemplary role model for the ward/department team.
7. Maintain adequate staff cover and skill mix on the ward through effective use of staffing rotas.
8. Ensure staff compliance with mandatory training and maintain current records.
9. Ensure effective communication with patients and their carers.
10. Monitor and manage staff sickness/absence following the Trust guidelines, and liaise with the Matron as necessary.
11. Act at all times in a manner that upholds the reputation of the Trust and safeguards the wellbeing and dignity of patients and their relatives.
12. Act always in accordance with the NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct and Guidance documents and maintain active status on NMC/HCPC Register.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Teaching and assessing qualification.
* 1st level degree or studying towards.
Knowledge
* Understanding and application of healthcare governance.
Skills
* Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing.
* Supportive of colleagues.
* Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team.
* High level of personal and professional credibility.
* Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
* Act as a role model for all staff.
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of effective working in a Theatre unit at a senior level.
* Demonstrable evidence of effective leadership skills.
* Demonstrable evidence of staff development.
* Demonstrable evidence of change management.
* Evidence of application of current healthcare issues and developments.
* Evidence of participation in audit and research.
* Demonstrable evidence of effective Theatre Unit management at a senior level.
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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