Day Surgery Unit Team Leader - London, United Kingdom - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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We are looking for an RN or ODP to take on a role of the Team leader for the Day Surgery scrub team at St.

George's Hospital.

Our mission is to deliver outstanding care at all times to patients treated in our operating theatres and to do that, we need exceptional people.


The successful post holder will have the prime responsibility for leading the team, working to promote a positive culture of collaborative working, providing professional leadership and skilled knowledge.


Working alongside our other team leaders, reporting to the Matron, your duties will include but not limited to leading clinical shifts, investigating adverse incidents, planning and implementing actions to ensure learning is shared across the department, undertaking quality audits, roster management, budget management and recruitment.

You will have the motivation, vision and leadership qualities necessary to lead a safe, productive and efficient cardiothoracic team.

As a key member of the team, you will have the ability to support, teach and develop junior staff and facilitate the delivery of high standards of patient care in the operating theatres.

You will be a team player, empathetic and able to remain calm and composed under pressure.

This role also requires reassuring manner and the understanding of the rights, privacy & dignity and safeguarding of all patients.

We are a thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system.

One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.


We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.


St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment.


The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role.

The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.


Please see the attached supporting Job Description and Person Specification which contains more information about the role

It is essential that applicants can demonstrate the following:

  • A strong commitment to improving patient safety and quality of care.
  • A strong ability to challenge poor practice and behaviours.
  • Strong organisational, planning and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate clearly with a range of people at differing levels across the department
  • Ability to analyse information and affect change accordingly.
  • Excellent problem solving skills
  • Ability to risk assess appropriately
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