Theatres Deputy Team Leader - Harlow, United Kingdom - The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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Harlow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Theatres team is seeking to appoint a Deputy Team Leader on a 9-month fixed-term contract (to cover maternity leave).

You should be a senior operating department practitioner or nurse, and you will be part of a talented team dedicated to delivering excellent care.

You will participate in all aspects of clinical operating department work, specifically within emergency and vascular surgery.

Leadership skills, including managing a team, sickness and annual leave management
Liaising with procurement and budget management
Leading difficult conversations
Recruitment, interviewing and staff development
Service improvements including list efficiency
Delivering high quality effective, individualised care to all patients
Communicating effectively at all times and taking an active role in liaising with all disciplines

Work within a theatre service of 11 operating theatres and an additional
interventional radiology suite delivering a wide range of vascular surgery.

Be a part of avibrant and friendly working environmentwhere teamwork is highly valued.

Education and Professional Development

The department has a dedicated Theatre Practice Development Nurse to coordinate the educational needs of all staff. We offer preceptorship, competency based assessments, post registration courses, speciality workshops, seminar presentations to name a few. The Trust and department is committed to developing future leaders and offers an extensive range of leadership courses which staff are supported to attend.

Innovative clinical practice

Princess Alexandra Hospital is one of 6 hospitals in the country providing Intra Operative Radiotherapy Treatment for patients with breast cancer.

Award-winning Hospital - National FAB week 2017, 2018

Work and live in Harlow

Only a 30 minute direct train journey to London, Cambridge and Stansted Airport. Harlow and the surrounding towns have a wide range of shopping, recreation and leisure facilities plus great local family days out.
To be a professional role model, leading and coordinating the theatre and department team. This involves managing a wide range of complex and sometimes conflicting priorities for vascular/emergency surgery.
To provide sound clinical leadership and develop support mechanisms for the team, theatre/department and Trust wide.
Provide specialist Perioperative advice Trust wide to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets.
To be able to scrub/supervise for Vascular and emergency surgical procedures
At all times ensure that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.
To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any area specified.
To support the Team Manager in delivering the needs of the team/service
Maintain and promote effective communication with team and all members

- of the multi-disciplinary team and other departments. Communication will take place using formal and informal methods, including formal presentation of information relating to your Theatre/department.