Clinical Lead Practitioner - Urology Theatres

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 7 Clinical Lead Practitioner - Urology Theatres

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and driven individual to lead our highly graded Urology Operating theatre team at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

The team was one of the first to pioneer the robotic assisted surgery in 2007 and was awarded a Royal Berkshire Staff Excellence Award in 2020 for operational excellence.

We are looking for innovative and motivated clinical lead practitioner with a passion for urology surgery, who also pose excellent leadership qualities to embrace our Trust CARE values, being an advocate for delivering outstanding care to our patients whilst meeting the priorities of both our patients and staff.

You will need to be an inspirational leader who has the passion to deliver excellence in all aspects of nursing care, and will need to be able to demonstrate excellent transformational skills in order to drive improvements in both practice and learning.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job roles includes:

1/ Manage people and financial resources to ensure the effective operation of the team for which they are responsible. Ensure effective skill-mix and appropriate caseload management at all times.

2/ Allocate work and assess performance of the team members objectively against set criteria/competencies. Be responsible for ensuring individual performance review and personal development plans are completed for self and team members. Provide clear feedback to team in a way that is conductive to maintaining and improving performance. Work closely with Employee relations as appropriate.

3/ Establish and maintain effective two-way communication channels with Lead nurse, team members and all relevant stakeholders.

4/ Be responsible for standard of nursing care delivered in work area. Display evidence that staff provide holistic, evidence-based, patient-centred care.

5/ Responsible for the standards of cleanliness in the clinical area and for a well maintained environment.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Date posted

18 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6450545PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse/ Registered Operating Department Practitioner
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Evidence of Band 6 development programme completion or equivalent
Recognised mentorship qualification/training
Evidence of further clinical and management education
Education to degree level

Experience

Essential

Substantial clinical scrub and/or anaesthetic experience including emergency pathway
Extensive knowledge of major surgery, recovery and/or anaesthetics
Participation in change management
Ability to facilitate the management of change
Experience in leading in clinical audit and delivery of outcomes
Experience of supporting a broad range of students within theatres to meet their learning needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse/ Registered Operating Department Practitioner
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Evidence of Band 6 development programme completion or equivalent
Recognised mentorship qualification/training
Evidence of further clinical and management education
Education to degree level

Experience

Essential

Substantial clinical scrub and/or anaesthetic experience including emergency pathway
Extensive knowledge of major surgery, recovery and/or anaesthetics
Participation in change management
Ability to facilitate the management of change
Experience in leading in clinical audit and delivery of outcomes
Experience of supporting a broad range of students within theatres to meet their learning needs

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.