Senior Theatre Team Leader

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To ensure high standards of patient care at all times through the effective management of staff and resources

To lead a regular programme of education and development for registered and unregistered staff to optimum potential

To promote the role of the theatre practitioner as the patient advocate throughout the peri-operative process

To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate all aspects of patient care

To liaise and work closely with the person taking continuing responsibility for the Operating Theatres

To accept personal responsibility and accountability for infection prevention and control practice

To deputise for the theatre matron as necessary

Key Duties

Management

To ensure that duty rotas for staff provide effective and suitably qualified and experienced staff to cover the requirements of a 24 hours service

To actively participate in the co-ordination of the theatre department, ensuring the best use of available staff to provide safe patient care on a 24 hour basis

To meet with your team leaders on a regular basis both as a group and individually and to keep records of discussions

To take all measures to ensure safety and report all accidents/incidents/near misses on the datix system

To take responsibility for the investigation of incidences using the datix process and to ensure that learning is shared and embedded in clinical practice

To lead risk management within own area of responsibility, participating in the identification analysis of risk

To have an understanding of the theatre budget, ensuring efficient and effective utilisation of resources

To be conversant with trust policies, procedures and to participate in the development of policies/procedures where appropriate

To ensure that staff attendance is appropriately managed where it falls below trust expectations

To participate in the selection and recruitment of staff

To ensure that your team appraisals are effective and done in a timely fashion in order to identify training needs to develop both staff and the theatre service

To be responsible for the equipment in own specialty, ensuring that it is used safely and effectively, kept in working order and properly maintained

Education and Training

To be aware current and most up to date research and developments to ensure high standards of practise within theatres and to maintain a wide knowledge of current health / surgical / peri-operative issues

To facilitate teamwork and a no blame culture that supports staff to learn and develop

To assist and participate in the induction programme for newly appointed staff

To maintain a learning environment where the training and development needs of individuals can be met, supporting staff to develop clinical and managerial skills

To ensure all staff that are directly managed maintain high levels of mandatory training percentage through attending appropriate training or the completion of e-learning

To participate in the development of training programmes in accordance with identified needs and in partnership with the education facilitator for theatres

Professional

To maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the theatre practitioner in the best interest of the patient and in accordance with the nursing and ODP codes of conduct

To promote a positive attitude towards peri-operative care and the trust

To be responsible for their own personal and professional development and attend all mandatory training

To encourage staff to participate in clinical supervision

To counsel staff in relation to personal and professional matters

To perform other duties as directed by theatre matron / senior theatre matron

General duties

Participate in the on-call rota or out of hours duties as required for emergency surgery

To provide short-term cover for colleagues during periods of leave

To adhere to the trusts IT policies regarding email and internet usage

To ensure that all trust standards are maintained and monitored in order to improve the quality of care to all whom come into contact with services provided by this Trust

Every employee has a duty to take care of the health and safety of him / herself and of other persons who may be affected by his / her acts or omissions at work and to cooperate with the trust to ensure that statutory and trust regulations are complied with.

Person Specification

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• Enhanced disclosure clearance
• Organised with good time keeping skills
• Willing to work across hospital sites within scope of practice as and when required
• Able to work and cope with rotating shift patterns - early, late, night shifts over seven days of the week and on-call as necessary
• To deputise for the theatre matron / senior theatre matron as necessary

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
• Assertive, resourceful and approchable
• Able to demonstrate initiative and good time management
• Ability to advocate for patients, carers and staff
• Non-judgemental and able to promote individuals equality, diversity and rights
• Calm under pressure and able to deal with conflict

Desirable

• Can give examples of leadership and team building skills in current role

Skills/ Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge relevant to the role applied for
• Able to demonstrate effective leadership of staff
• Able to demonstrate effective teaching and development of staff and students
• Evidence of being involved in implementing quality improvement in the work place
• Evidence of being up-to-date with current issues in professional practice
• Fully aware of the Clinical Governance agenda
• Fully aware of principles of infection control
• Fully aware of Health & Safety at Work
• Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
• Budget management awareness
• IT skills

Desirable

• Can demonstrate delivery of improvements to clinical practice in current role

Experience

Essential

• Competent to scrub / assist anaesthetist / recover wide range of elective and emergency patients
• Experience of working in a senior team leader capacity
• Experience of day to day management of theatre suite
• Experience of leading clinical supervision or coaching conversations

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 (currently registered with NMC or Registered ODP (currently registered with HCPC)
• Evidence of teaching qualification/experience
• Evidence of relevant post registration education
• Evidence of portfolio development
• Leadership course

Desirable

• Masters degree or working towards
• Management course
• Budget training
• IT qualification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)