Theatre Team Leader- Procedure rooms | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6206065/361-PLN-6206065 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Theatre Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
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.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Maintain health, safety and control of Infection in clinical work areas.
Assist and care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Vascular, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gynae, Plastics, ENT, Pain, Ophthalmology) and plastics trauma.
Receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedure.
Prepare equipment/ supplies and waste is kept to a minimum.
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the safety and comfort of patients.
Ability to work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs, regardless of which theatre department they are based in, although it is anticipated that staff do permanently work in the department, they are employed to be based in.
Act as clinical lead to staff at Band 6 and below
Supervise staff within a specific area of responsibility.
Participate in the training of ODP/Nursing students.
Participate in supervision and training of qualified or unqualified staff.
Act as a professional role model.
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.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. 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.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024