Deputy Team Leader RN/ODP

Job summary

The West Wing Operating Theatre Department is a 14-theatre unit and provides elective and emergency care for adults and children. It is one of four highly specialised craniofacial centres in the UK, one of seven specialist units for cleft lip & palate surgery. It is a tertiary referral centre for neurosurgery and the unit is recognised for ground-breaking work in ophthalmology surgery. Other specialities include ENT, Maxilla-Facial and children (general surgery & orthopaedics).

This Band 6 position sits with the Ophthalmology and ENT Scrub team.

Main duties of the job

We have one Band 6 scrub vacancy within our JR Theatre department

• Develop the ability to work effectively at a more senior level,
• Develop the ability to make effective decisions based on all available information and guide the rest of the theatre team to deliver high quality care to our patients,
• Develop negotiating and motivational skills,
• Actively participate in the development of yourself and other staff (includes the appraisal process, sickness management of your team members to a certain degree, participation in clinical auditing),
• Ability to analyse audits, incident reports and risk, taking appropriate action to remedy,
• Has specialist knowledge across a range of surgical specialities and desirable that you have at least 3 years experience
• Act as a resource for the development and implementation of LocSSIPs, Policies and Standard Operating Procedures
• Supports the evaluation and implementation of Trust, Divisional and Directorate Quality Priorities,
• Manage change effectively, establishing appropriate goals and delivering change in a realistic time frame (problem solving),
• Acts as a role model for professional values and behaviours and supports other staff in their learning and education,
• Ability to develop and demonstrate leadership skills.
• Human and material resources management will be within the scope of practice of a senior practitioner. Acting as shift coordinator.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Wing Theatres

Headley Way, Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Wing Theatres

Headley Way, Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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