Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 409-6529542-A
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helens
- Town
- St Helens
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Practitioner - St Helens
NHS AfC: Band 5
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Job overview
Full & Part time posts available
We are looking to recruit a dynamic Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, to join our highly skilled teams here at St Helens Day Case Theatre department.
The managerial structure consists of a Day Case Matron, two dedicated Band 7 Day Case Leads and several Team Leaders, covering a wide range of surgical specialities.
You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated with a commitment to working with our multi-disciplinary team in providing safe, quality care for all our patients.
The post holder will be dedicated, flexible and have excellent communication skills. Suitable applicants should have demonstrable theatre experience, but consideration will be given to enthusiastic applicants without theatre experience as we have our own Clinical Education Team to support training, preceptorship and development for Theatre Staff.
The successful candidate will be based in St Helens theatres which is a Day Case Unit where we consider flexible working requests and have a dedicated education team and clinical practice lead on site to support them in the role. The applicant will not be required to work night shifts or participate in the on-call system. The applicant will be flexible working weekends (currently Saturdays only) and may be asked to work across site in Whiston theatres if required.
Please note, this vacancy may close early should a sufficient number of applications be received.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
- To supervise the development of clinical teams by creating a learning environment in which the individuals’ performance is reviewed.
- To supervise the delegation of work within the team and review performance.
- To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Operational Lead managing key operational aspects of theatres and providing support and advice on all matters.
- To establish excellent working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
- To effectively manage departmental budgets by co-ordinating the monitoring and review process of the use of income and expenditure
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To supervise the development of clinical teams by creating a learning environment in which the individuals’ performance is reviewed.
- To supervise the delegation of work within the team and review performance.
- To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Operational Lead managing key operational aspects of theatres and providing support and advice on all matters.
- To establish excellent working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
- To effectively manage departmental budgets by co-ordinating the monitoring and review process of the use of income and expenditure
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain personal, professional knowledge and clinical competencies as required for NMC/HPC.
- Responsibility for the implementation and delivery of individual patient care on a research based best practice approach.
- In close liaison with others promote a culture of training, development and evidence-based research in the pursuit of clinical excellence.
- The term Advanced Scrub Practitioner (ASP) is defined by the Perioperative Care Collaborative (PCC 2003) as the role undertaken by a health care practitioner providing competent and skilled assistance under the direct supervision of the operating surgeon while not performing any form of surgical intervention.
- The extended role of Advanced Scrub Practitioner (ASP) as defined in ‘Trust Guidelines for Advanced Scrub Practitioner’ is included within the remit of this role for Theatre Practitioners who has successfully undertaken (or is undertaking) the ASP course recognised by the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) and/or the National Association of Assistants in Surgical Practice (NAASP). A register of staff who are skilled to undertake this role is held by the theatre Operational manager for risk management and audit purposes.
- To support development and implementation of operating department practices in theatres which reflects evidenced-based research e.g. NCEPOD and clinical audit to improve the quality of patient care.
- To act on and support implementation of appropriate actions in response to complaints or comments by patients and/or service users.
- To ensure that all equipment and working practices within theatres comply with and meet the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act and other statutory requirements.
- To ensure that the quality standards in all areas of service provision by monitoring and reviewing performance while contributing to the improvement of all quality standards.
- To input on and support implementation of appropriate actions in response to Datix reports
- Support the Operational Lead to undertake risk assessments to identify potential risks to patients and staff and success of operational objectives, producing action plans as necessary.
- To take individual responsibility of being aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- To assist and support the Theatre Operational Lead in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives, by the supervision of the clinical team.
- Ensure the management of emergencies by all personnel is fully compliant with hospital and trust policy.
- To supervise the theatre team in order to support the achievement of the Care Group and Trust objectives through the appraisal process.
- Support the Theatre Operational lead to manage inefficiencies and ineffective utilisation.
- To supervise the implementation and regularly review agreed clinical protocols to ensure patient safety.
- To actively participate in and ensure the full support of all team members in all clinical audits.
- Participate in the recruitment and induction of staff working in theatres and ensure Trust policies on recruitment and retention are strictly adhered to.
- To supervise and monitor sickness and absence within the theatre environment and ensure that team members comply with Trust policy by maintaining clear and accurate records on ESR.
- To ensure that all individuals are appraised yearly (minimum), by reviewing the individual performance and planning the delivery of any required training and development needs.
- Ensure own and team members Personal Development Plans following the appraisal process in support of service provision are monitored and met within agreed timescales.
- Responsible for monitoring and maintaining staff discipline in all areas of service delivery and where necessary escalate to operational leads to manage incidents of misconduct in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- Support and encourage the integration of staff throughout theatres and aim to develop a greater breadth of competencies enabling service flexibility for the future
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Support the Theatre Operational Lead to achieve meeting financial targets by effective use of resources.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- This should be in bullet point format and should be included if the post holder has any responsibility to Research or Audit unless this is the key principle of their role ie they are a Research & Development manager as this will be covered in their ‘Key Duties’.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Relevant diploma or degree, or working towards
- Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification
- Related ENB/Theatre courses
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
- Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety risk issues
- Theatre/Anaesthetic/Scrub/Recovery Experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work well in a mutli-disciplinary team
Other
Essential criteria
- Flexible in working pattern
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pam Greenall
- Job title
- Operational Lead Theatres
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 426 2210
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