Team Leader - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom - Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time permanent Day Surgery Unit - Team Leader at Southend Hospital.

You will work closely in collaboration with Theatre Matron and Theatre Manager to ensure an effective utilisation of resources across all of the specialties.

The quality of patient care and the efficient use of all Day Surgery services is wholly dependent on the effective utilisation of clinical resources.

The Day Surgery Service caters for all adult patients including Trauma and Emergencies. The Day Stay Service also caters for Paediatric patients to facilitate paediatric surgeries.

You will undertake the management of all nurse led areas which at this time includes admission and discharge of the Day Surgery patients & the management of post discharge problems.

You will work alongside the Theatre Matron and Theatre Manager to support the clinical and operational management of day stay theatre service.

Under the direction of Theatre Manager, you will aid in the co-ordination of provision of a high standard, cost effective service for patients, developing collaborative relationships between the multi-professional team and geographical areas, which supports the patient's journey.

You will work under the direction of Theatre Matron and Theatre Manager to ensure that through continuous quality assurance, services are modernised to provide a positive patient experience and improved staff satisfaction.

Under the direction and supervision of Theatre Matron / Theatre Manager, resolve problems for patients, relatives and carers by acting quickly to deal with problems when and where they occur and by working closely with the Patient Advice and Liaison Service.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be.

Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

You will have a clearly designated responsibility.

Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities but will include:

To act as an exemplary leader demonstrating current day surgery assessment skills in line with Day Stay GIRFT Recommendations.
To ensure high standard of patient care is met and is supported by evidencebased practice
To ensure high quality and timeliness of the service is adhered to.