Clinical Practice Lead - Whiston, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Whiston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced individual to join our team of Clinical Practice Leads within the theatre department.

Successful applicants will be expected to;

  • Lead, support and develop staff in all areas of the theatre suite and recovery, across both sites in relation to anaesthetic practice, medical devices and adult/paediatric life support
  • Provide support to the Theatre Management team in reviewing and evolving the training programme for new starters and existing staff
This role is Clinical but will have Educational/Developmental responsibilities including, but not limited to, skills training, audit and research.

Applicants must be registered with the NMC or HCPC.

Should have experience working within the Operating Theatre and be able to demonstrate up to date knowledge of Anaesthetic practice within the theatre department.

Applicants must have excellent communication, training, organisational and leadership skills.


Applicants must be self-motivated with a commitment to provide quality training to staff and deliver excellent patient care within the perioperative phase of the patient's journey.

The day to day supervision, leadership and development of staff ensuring the delivery of asafe, cost effective clinical care


Supporting the operational lead in promoting and implementing the principles of the6C's: Care: Courage: Commitment: Communication: Competence: Compassion as per Trust strategy and the delivery of the departmental/Trust targets.

Contributing to achieving improvement in services and key performance indicators for the surgical division

Actively participating in clinical/Infection prevention audits across the theatre department with development/implementation of action plans


The post holder will be required to work across both Whiston and St Helens sites and must be flexible working weekends and having an on-call commitment, with a possible rotation to night duty.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.


From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.


The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.


The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.


Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

  • CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
  • SAFETY that is of the highest standards
  • COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
  • SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
  • PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:


  • Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 201
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
  • Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.


KEY DUTIES
To facilitate support and develop staff within the operating department including training staff in safe Anaesthetic skills/technique and theatre etiquette/professionalism

To collaborate and work in partnership with clinical colleagues to maximise learning opportunities for theatre staff

To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Management team providing support and advice on staff educational and development matters

To establish robust working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement

Support the Theatre Management team to achieve meeting agreed financial targets

To adapt and prioritise own workload

To assist and support the Theatre Management team in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives

To work with the multi-professional theatre education department in the delivery of effective clinical educational programmes for theatre staff

To support Trust educational department to provide multi-disciplinary training involving but not limited to simulation training

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain personal, professional knowledge and clinical competencies as required for NMC/HCPC

In partnership with other stakeholders promote a culture of training, development and evidence based research in the pursuit of clinical excellence

Participate in training of theatre staff to ensure best practice is achieved

To actively participate in selection and recruitment processe
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