Theatre Team Leader - Urology and Robotics Surgery

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Hertfordshire
4 months ago
Applications closed

Job overview

We are recruiting for Theatre Team Leaders who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.


We have a role available as Theatre Team Leader for Urology and Robotics Surgery.


You will assist in the care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Urology, Obstetrics & Gynae, Robotics, ENT and General Surgery) and Emergency procedures.


At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.







Main duties of the job

The post holder will continuously maintain health, safety and control of Infection in clinical work areas.


You will receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedures.


The successful candidate will ensure equipment, supplies and waste is kept to a minimum.


You will also possess the ability to work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs, regardless of which theatre department they are based in, although it is anticipated that staff do permanently work in the department they are employed to be based in.






Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.


We run the following hospitals:



  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.


We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.









Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.









Person specification





Qualifications / Training


Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse or Registered ODP
  • Registration with NMC/HCPC
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Mentorship/ Preceptorship qualification





Desirable criteria
  • Management Qualifications








Previous Experience


Essential criteria
  • High level clinical skills and knowledge
  • Participation in formulation of procedures to ensure best practice
  • Teaching and assessing
  • Post registration experience









Skills


Essential criteria
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team setting
  • Basic knowledge of computer skills
  • Developing leadership/supervisory skills





Desirable criteria
  • Ability to lead and motivate a group of staff with varying abilities








Knowledge


Essential criteria
  • Able to work within NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct
  • Full understanding of role and its limitations as stated in the job description
  • Understanding of principles of Clinical Governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality)









Other Requirements


Essential criteria
  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Role model our Trust values every day

















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