Theatre Team Leader

 

Description:

Provide professional supervision and leadership for the theatre team, acting as an expert resource, developing, and evaluating programmes of care to ensure clinical effectiveness.

Ensure practice development, promoting innovation, applied research and best practice within theatres for the multidisciplinary team, focusing on specific skills for the delivery of quality peri-operative care.
Maintain a highly professional profile and provide an expert clinical resource within theatres and the Care Group.

Be responsible for the delivery of the departmental targets by the team.

To be responsible for ensuring that all members of the team maintain and update their clinical skills and implementing any required induction and development programmes.

To ensure the effective communication and negotiation within a department of multi professional/disciplines on a daily basis whilst maintaining and developing communication with others about difficult matters and/or situations.

Will be responsible for the overall supervision and monitoring of stock control while developing improved procurement systems.

Will ensure that adverse incidents are reported and action plans are implemented.

To take responsibility for the delegated management of sickness and absence as outlined in the Trust policy.

Actively promote and manage the principles of the productive theatre programme in line with key performance indicators for the Care group/Trust

Participate in the recruitment and selection of non-medical staff under the direction of senior managers ensure adherence with Trust recruitment policy.

Supervise a clinical team within the theatre environment on a day-to-day basis at either Whiston or St Helens Theatres in order to support the delivery of a productive theatre programme and Theatre Modernisation Agenda for the Care Group.

Contribute to developing a culture that promotes equality and values diversity

Foster an environment conducive to learning and development of self, staff and students.

Act as clinical assessor and mentor and provide support and supervision for junior staff undertaking this role.

To participate in the requirements of an out of normal hours service as required when necessary including weekends and on call duty across a 24 hour service within a range of working environments.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered General Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, with current NMC/HCPC Registration
• Evidence of post registration study/development
• Recognised teaching qualification, or equivalent experience
• Recognised leadership qualification/training, or equivalent experience

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
• Knowledge of current professional & clinical issues
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults procedures
• Substantial years post registration experience
• Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
• Experience and evidence of quality improvement in patient care

Desirable criteria

• Facilitated staff professional development

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management, record management and organisational skills
• Leadership skills
• Good IT skills
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Other

Essential criteria

• Motivated individual, commitment to personal & professional development.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to working pattern

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are committed to providing an environment and services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the communities we serve to enable us to reflect their diversity and improve the delivery of the services we provide.

 

Any information gathered during the application process relating to protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010, is gathered for statistical purposes only and is not made available to recruiting managers at any stage of the recruitment process.

 

As a ‘Disability Confident Leader’ we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to have a disability and who meet the minimum selection criteria (essential) at each stage of the selection process. You can indicate your wish submit an application under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme in the personal information section of the online application form.