Job summary
We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic, dynamic, forward-thinking Band 6 Recovery Team Leader to join us in this exciting filed. We cover many specialities including Trauma & Orthopaedics, Interventional Radiology, Thoracic, Liver, Neuro, Plastics, Burns, Hands, General, Urology, Renal, Maxillofacial, ENT, Day case surgery and Emergency.University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we know that we need incredible staff to do this.Our team have told us what they need from their employer and we've listened. All we ask for is that you provide the very best care to our Patients and work with our Teams to ensure patient safety and compliance.There is an opportunity to enhance your management skills and be actively involved in supporting the department from a management viewpoint and moving the department forward.You will be required to cover a range of shifts, which will include days, nights weekends and / bank holidays duty.Our service is continuing to expand and we embrace new developments within the Recovery clinical area. This includes learning new practice and keeping up to date with changes within the clinical setting. This in turn reduces the patients stay in hospital. We are constantly striving to improve our patient's outcome with research and innovative ideas.
Main duties of the job
The Recovery Department is an exciting place to work; it's full of challenges, varying workloads, development opportunities and delivers great job satisfaction within a supportive and enjoyable environment.Our Trust has excellent opportunities for a Band 6 Recovery Team Leader to develop, enhance, consolidate and excel their Recovery Skills.All applicants must demonstrate within their application a strong commitment to teaching and desire to develop and progress your career within the Recovery Department.All applicants will be required to work a range of shifts including days, bank holidays, weekends and rotate between the three recovery areas to meet service demands and obtain effective and desirable nursing skills.As part of our vision, we are looking for talented and passionate practitioners who share our beliefs and want to grow with our organisation.For further information on these exciting opportunities then please contact Cassandra Melong on email: cassandra.melong@uhb.nhs.uk
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner
- *Knowledge of a broad range of theatre procedures and instrumentation/ processes equivalent to post graduate level acquired through Diploma / Degree plus experience and further study or qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge associated with the practice setting
Desirable
- *Health care leadership / management qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Recent experience within theatres working as a registered practitioner in an acute practice setting involving the supervision / education of junior staff
- *Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in at least 2 areas of peri operative practice ( anaesthetics , scrub or recovery ) , and in different specialties including elective and emergency practice settings
- *Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- *Evidence of effective multi-professional working
- *Experienced mentor / assessor / student supervisor
- *Experience of supporting the implementation change including new procedures/ processes
- *Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department
- *Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review/ adjust staff rotas
- *Experienced in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice
- *Wide knowledge of a range or pre and post-operative care, ability to plan and organise duties / service requirements associated with physical and human resources , ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines
- *Can demonstrate understanding of how to review/ plan staff rotas in accordance with Trust guidance / service need and mitigate workforce risks associated with staff deployment
- *Demonstrates ability , passion and knowledge of the following
- *Leadership
- *Team building / team work
- *Physical / Human Resource management
- *Change management
- *Clinical Governance / Patient Safety
- *Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to immediate incident management involving staff/ patients and the practice setting
Desirable
- *Can describe elements associated with workforce planning management
- *Can demonstrate awareness / knowledge associated with NHS policy / political awareness
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Highly developed communication skills able to communicate sensitive information / medical conditions/ with a wide range of stakeholders
- *Well-developed persuasion / motivational and reassurance skills associated with working in a complex environment associated with planned / unplanned work based activities
- *Demonstrates the key strengths and motivators of the role within the domains of integrity, delivery and relating to others
- *Evidence of a range of post registration competencies associated with the practice setting and the ability to teach and supervise others learning new skills / procedures
- *Ability to work under pressure , be exposed to interruptions and competing priorities associated with the practice setting -- can demonstrate good use or prioritisation / delegation skills
- *Can demonstrate understanding of Mental Capacity Act/ Safeguarding principles applied to the theatre practice setting
- *Sound delegation skills
- *Good IT/ Keyboard skills
- *Able to immediately and sensitively manage complex / contentious situations with staff / multidisciplinary colleagues / patients and practice
- *Well-developed leadership ability
- *Organised , proactive, reliable and approachable
- *Flexible, reliable and adaptive approach to role -- showing commitment to role development and the development of others
- *Flexible approach to shift patterns and service needs which may involve working in different areas or cross site working in different practice settings
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites/ services
- *Ability to travel to meetings outside of the organisation as a representative of the service / Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner
- *Knowledge of a broad range of theatre procedures and instrumentation/ processes equivalent to post graduate level acquired through Diploma / Degree plus experience and further study or qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge associated with the practice setting
Desirable
- *Health care leadership / management qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Recent experience within theatres working as a registered practitioner in an acute practice setting involving the supervision / education of junior staff
- *Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in at least 2 areas of peri operative practice ( anaesthetics , scrub or recovery ) , and in different specialties including elective and emergency practice settings
- *Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- *Evidence of effective multi-professional working
- *Experienced mentor / assessor / student supervisor
- *Experience of supporting the implementation change including new procedures/ processes
- *Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department
- *Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review/ adjust staff rotas
- *Experienced in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice
- *Wide knowledge of a range or pre and post-operative care, ability to plan and organise duties / service requirements associated with physical and human resources , ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines
- *Can demonstrate understanding of how to review/ plan staff rotas in accordance with Trust guidance / service need and mitigate workforce risks associated with staff deployment
- *Demonstrates ability , passion and knowledge of the following
- *Leadership
- *Team building / team work
- *Physical / Human Resource management
- *Change management
- *Clinical Governance / Patient Safety
- *Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to immediate incident management involving staff/ patients and the practice setting
Desirable
- *Can describe elements associated with workforce planning management
- *Can demonstrate awareness / knowledge associated with NHS policy / political awareness
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Highly developed communication skills able to communicate sensitive information / medical conditions/ with a wide range of stakeholders
- *Well-developed persuasion / motivational and reassurance skills associated with working in a complex environment associated with planned / unplanned work based activities
- *Demonstrates the key strengths and motivators of the role within the domains of integrity, delivery and relating to others
- *Evidence of a range of post registration competencies associated with the practice setting and the ability to teach and supervise others learning new skills / procedures
- *Ability to work under pressure , be exposed to interruptions and competing priorities associated with the practice setting -- can demonstrate good use or prioritisation / delegation skills
- *Can demonstrate understanding of Mental Capacity Act/ Safeguarding principles applied to the theatre practice setting
- *Sound delegation skills
- *Good IT/ Keyboard skills
- *Able to immediately and sensitively manage complex / contentious situations with staff / multidisciplinary colleagues / patients and practice
- *Well-developed leadership ability
- *Organised , proactive, reliable and approachable
- *Flexible, reliable and adaptive approach to role -- showing commitment to role development and the development of others
- *Flexible approach to shift patterns and service needs which may involve working in different areas or cross site working in different practice settings
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites/ services
- *Ability to travel to meetings outside of the organisation as a representative of the service / Trust
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
