Band 6 Theatre Team Leader

Job summary

Solihull Theatres are expanding into a new Solihull Elective Hub, delivering a 6 day service. We require team leaders who can deliver and support the service with improving utilisation, and ensuring patients are receiving the best possible care. This candidate should have experience in Colorectal surgery, covering both Robotic and Open procedures. Scrub experience is essential, anaesthetic experience is desirable.

Successful applicants must be able to teach and support junior staff on all aspects of theatre work. You will also ensure full utilisation of theatres with emphasis on maintenance, safety and compliance with protocols and guidelines.

Are you a registered Nurse or ODP with post registration Theatre experience? Self-motivated, enthusiastic, dynamic, forward thinking practitioner?

We would welcome applicants with excellent organisational skills who could lead a team of registered practitioner's, theatre support workers and nursing assistants in an ever expanding, exciting service which has a huge impact on patient care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a role model for junior team members in the delivery of a consistent high standard of nursing/peri operative practice. They will deputise for the Lead Theatre Practitioner and will support the leadership and management of the department with particular emphasis on quality and clinical standards. They will have continuing clinical responsibility for managing the operating theatre cluster or recovery area / practice setting in the absence of the Lead Theatre Practitioner which will include: understanding finances, the deployment, delegation and supervision of all grades of staff and be visible and approachable for patients, staff and visitors.

The post holder will regularly take charge of the allocated operating theatre cluster/recovery area or practice setting and take responsibility for ensuring the coordination and direct provision of high standard of holistic, patient centred care by assessing care, peri-operative care and health education needs, and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for each patient.

As a visible clinical practitioner facilitate and promote team work within a multi-professional environment.

Job responsibilities

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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