Vehicle Inspection Team Leader - Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR)

Description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

We have a new role available as Scrub Theatre Team Leader in the Procedure rooms at Lister and QE11.

You will assist and care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Vascular, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gynae, Plastics, ENT, Pain, Ophthalmology) and plastics trauma.

Assist and care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Vascular, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gynae, Plastics, ENT, Pain, Ophthalmology) and plastics trauma.

Prepare equipment/ supplies and waste is kept to a minimum.
Act as clinical lead to staff at Band 6 and below
Participate in the training of ODP/Nursing students.
Participate in supervision and training of qualified or unqualified staff.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation; If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Qualifications/Training
Registration with NMC/HPC
Evidence of continuing professional development
Completion of relevant critical care modules at level 2 and /or level3 (Diploma/BSc)

Relevant experience in either an inpatient or day surgery theatre or other relevant clinical area at band 5 or equivalent.

Staff who wish to work as an anaesthetic assistant must have either the ODP qualification or Nurses must have additional formal post basic training in anaesthetics
multi skilled in anaesthetics, recovery and scrub.
Implementation of personal development plans
Can perform in the role of either/and/or anaesthetic assistant, scrub and circulating assistant, recovery person.
Adaptable and flexible approach to work
Can participate in resource management
Knows how to carry out an audit and interpret and collate information and data
Knowledge of DipHe ODP course and support required pre and post qualification by staff at Band 5 and below
Can reconcile the need for quality care with the necessity of excellent budget management

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community.

We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.

In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life.

We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert.

If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments