Job overview

The post holder will be an experienced anaesthetic practitioner who has a passion for Anaesthetic standards and education. They need to be able to effectively manage a team and provide clinical leadership and management support to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met.

The post holder as a clinical expert will also be required to act within their professional boundaries to provide care for patients and creates a safe environment that facilitates innovative approaches to improve the quality of care to patients and their families  . They will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary care team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures whilst working closely with the senior management team.

The post holder will develop, motivate and empower others to ensure highly specialised clinical competence and teaching to ensure standards are developed and maintained. 

Main duties of the job

There will be excellence and innovation in all aspects of the delivery of safe, high quality patient care.

Work effectively with the teams outside of Theatres to ensure the patient’s journey is the best it can be.

Maintain regular personal contact with children and their families, being courteous and sensitive to their needs, enabling staff to be responsive to their needs.

To provide skilled assistance in theatres and associated areas always acting as a professional role model ensuring a family-friendly environment at all times.

To ensure care is delivered in partnership with the family   

§        Provide and maintain effective management and leadership promoting a high standard of safely delivered evidence based clinical care.

Ensure high standards of care are given to all children and to monitor though audit and contributing to nursing care quality indicators/dashboard.

To provide effective leadership, direction and support to a team of registered/non-registered workforce.

Support the Clinical Group Head of Nursing to ensure compliance with; National service framework for children and young people, NICE guidelines, NPSA alerts, AFPP guidance, World Health Organization Checklists,  LocSSIPs, NatSSips, safeguarding, patient experience and infection control requirements.

Act as lead practitioner for specific specialty/specialties co-ordinating staff, resources and management of skills in an efficient manner whilst providing expert skilled assistance.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.