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Job summary

Main area
Theatres
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
12 months (12 Month Secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Array of shift patterns from 07:00-21:00 Mon- Saturday)
Job ref
196-NM11585
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tower and Nuffield Theatres
Town
London
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 p.a inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/06/2024 23:59
Interview date
11/06/2024

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Band 6 Senior Nurse/ODP TAP Lambeth/ Tower/ Nuffield Theatres

NHS AfC: Band 6

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

An exciting opportunity has emerged for three Band 6 Nurses/ ODP's at  Tower & Nuffield Theatres. In this role you will play a crucial part in shaping the Theatres Anaesthetics and Perioperative retention strategy and will have an opportunity to excel in professional development, leadership and management. We work collaboratively with Lambeth, Guys Main and North Wing Theatres. 

Closing Date:  2nd June 2024

Interview Date:  11th June 2024 

Main duties of the job

 All candidates applying for this position will actively participate in various clinical and non-clinical roles including:

  1. Attending theatre scheduling meetings
  2. Assisting with staff rostering, allocation and ensuring adequate skill mix  
  3. Possess clinical expertise in Anaesthetic/ recovery/ scrub/ surgical admission and Nurse- Led Discharge
  4. Assisting with Incident report and complaint investigation 
  5. Demonstrate ability to work in a team
  6. Address staffing and clinical concerns by escalating them appropriately

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s  biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will oversee various clinical and non-clinical responsibilities. Tower Theatres comprises of three operating theatres, a lithotripsy suite and clinical care endoscopy patients. The clinical area also supports a surgical admissions area and post-operative second stage recovery for day case procedures. Lambeth Theatres comprises of 6 operating theatres, The clinical area also supports a surgical admissions area and post-operative second stage recovery for day case procedures. The clinical areas works in collaboration in North Main Theatres to support patient discharges where appropriate. Nuffield Theatres is undergoing major expansion to support a new surgical admission lounge, two new modular theatres and an 8 bedded recovery unit. This is a very exciting project which will present opportunity for growth and development to successful the candidate.

  1. Attending theatre scheduling meetings
  2. Assisting with staff rostering, allocation and ensuring adequate skill mix  
  3. Possess clinical expertise in Anaesthetic/ recovery/ scrub/ surgical admission and Nurse- Led Discharge
  4. Assisting with Incident report and complaint investigation
  5. Support friends and family feedback and conduct audit
  6. Demonstrate ability to work in a team
  7. Address staffing and clinical concerns by escalating them appropriately

Person specification

Qualifications/ Education

Essential criteria
  • BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
  • Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
  • Post Registration/ CPD Anaesthetic/ Recovery/ Scrub
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area of speciality
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership and Management Course
  • Experience managing budgets

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential criteria
  • RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential criteria
  • You will be able decide how best to achieve expected results, whilst acting within clearly defined policies/ procedures and codes of conduct.
Desirable criteria
  • Conducting PDR's

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ruheana Begum
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 1881730
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