Band 6 Theatre Team Leader

The closing date is 7th Feb 2023

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available within our expanding theatre department. We currently have vacancies for Band 6 ODP's / Nurse Team Leaders in our Theatres at Good Hope Hospital.

We are a regional centre, supporting some very complex Orthopaedic cases so our team are dedicated, friendly and enjoy teaching and sharing their skills with new staff members.

Experience of working within an orthopaedic setting is essential. Candidates will need to be a band 5 with a minimum of three years' experience. You will need to be flexible and able to demonstrate effective leadership skills and be able to adapt to clinical demands in an environment that can be unpredictable and challenging.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The candidate must have the clinical experience in orthopaedics scrub in order to support the junior workforce.

To join our innovative and motivated multi-disciplinary teams, individuals should be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills, be flexible and work under their own initiative whilst adapting to clinical demands. You will provide professional leadership to dedicated theatre teams whilst developing and maintaining high standards in all areas of practice. You will show initiative, flexibility and have the ability to prioritize and manage the demands within these elective and emergency settings.

There is also an opportunity to enhance your management skills and be actively involved in supporting the department from a management viewpoint with moving the department forward.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner

Knowledge of a broad range of theatre procedures and instrumentation/ processes equivalent to post graduate level acquired through Diploma / Degree plus experience and further study or qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge associated with the practice setting

Experience

Essential

Recent experience within theatres working as a registered practitioner in an acute practice setting involving the supervision / education of junior staff

Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in at least 2 areas of peri operative practice ( anaesthetics , scrub or recovery ) , and in different specialties including elective and emergency practice settings

Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration

Evidence of effective multi-professional working

Experienced mentor / assessor / student supervisor

Experience of supporting the implementation change including new procedures/ processes

Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department

Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review/ adjust staff rotas

Experienced in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice

Wide knowledge of a range or pre and post-operative care, ability to plan and organise duties / service requirements associated with physical and human resources , ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff

Can demonstrate an understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines

Can demonstrate understanding of how to review/ plan staff rotas in accordance with Trust guidance / service need and mitigate workforce risks associated with staff deployment

Demonstrates ability , passion and knowledge of the following

Leadership

Team building / team work

Physical / Human Resource management

Change management

Clinical Governance / Patient Safety

Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to immediate incident management involving staff/ patients and the practice setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Sandra Malcolm 

Sandra.Malcolm@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214249594 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 6 

Salary

£33706.00  to £40588.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-47140PM 

Job locations

Good Hope Hospital 
Rectory Rd 
Sutton Coldfield 
West Midlands 
B75 7RR 

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