Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
We are looking to recruit a dynamic Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, to join our highly skilled teams here at St Helens Day Case Theatre department.
The managerial structure consists of a Day Case Matron, two dedicated Band 7 Day Case Leads and several Team Leaders, covering a wide range of surgical specialities.
You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated with a commitment to working with our multi-disciplinary team in providing safe, quality care for all our patients.
The post holder will be dedicated, flexible and have excellent communication skills. Suitable applicants should have demonstrable theatre experience, but consideration will be given to enthusiastic applicants without theatre experience as we have our own Clinical Education Team to support training, preceptorship and development for Theatre Staff.
The successful candidate will be based in St Helens theatres which is a Day Case Unit where we consider flexible working requests and have a dedicated education team and clinical practice lead on site to support them in the role. The applicant will not be required to work night shifts or participate in the on-call system. The applicant will be flexible working weekends (currently Saturdays only) and may be asked to work across site in Whiston theatres if required.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
* To supervise the development of clinical teams by creating a learning environment in which the individuals' performance is reviewed.
* To supervise the delegation of work within the team and review performance.
* To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Operational Lead managing key operational aspects of theatres and providing support and advice on all matters.
* To establish excellent working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
* To effectively manage departmental budgets by co-ordinating the monitoring and review process of the use of income and expenditure.
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* To supervise the development of clinical teams by creating a learning environment in which the individuals' performance is reviewed.
* To supervise the delegation of work within the team and review performance.
* To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Operational Lead managing key operational aspects of theatres and providing support and advice on all matters.
* To establish excellent working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
* To effectively manage departmental budgets by co-ordinating the monitoring and review process of the use of income and expenditure.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* Maintain personal, professional knowledge and clinical competencies as required for NMC/HPC.
* Responsibility for the implementation and delivery of individual patient care on a research based best practice approach.
* In close liaison with others promote a culture of training, development and evidence-based research in the pursuit of clinical excellence.
* To support development and implementation of operating department practices in theatres which reflects evidenced-based research e.g. NCEPOD and clinical audit to improve the quality of patient care.
* To ensure that all equipment and working practices within theatres comply with and meet the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act and other statutory requirements.
* To ensure that the quality standards in all areas of service provision by monitoring and reviewing performance while contributing to the improvement of all quality standards.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
* Relevant diploma or degree, or working towards
* Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification
* Related ENB/Theatre courses
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
* Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety risk issues
* Theatre/Anaesthetic/Scrub/Recovery Experience
Skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* Ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team
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.
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata if part time)
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