Deputy Team Leader, Recovery

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 25 April 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at St Peter's Recovery Department. We are looking for a highly motivated experienced person with excellent recovery skills to lead a successful recovery unit as a Deputy Team Leader.

The unit offers 12 post-operative beds for 8 theatres of different surgical specialties which also includes a separate urology suite.

Applications are welcome from Registered Nurses/ODP's to join our friendly busy Theatre Recovery team.

As a senior member of the team, you will deliver high standards of patient care and experience, and the ability to support junior recovery practitioners. In return we offer commitment to your personal development through CPD courses, access to NHS pensions, work perks, access to NHS discounts and flexible working options.

You must be a Registered Nurse/ODP with recent recovery experience.

We are proud to be diverse and everyone is welcome at this Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of the senior team supporting an environment that promotes excellence in nursing practice and development of high level of clinical skills in post-anaesthetic care unit.

Act as a role model and create an environment that promotes excellence in Theatre Practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills and autonomy.

Demonstrates appropriate and necessary managerial skills and knowledge by acting up for Team Leaders in their absence and facilitate the smooth running of the department.

Deliver skilled practical care to all patients and lead in the monitoring, planning and delivery of individualised patient care, providing specialist advice to junior staff in areas of practice.

To communicate with patients and significant others with empathy and reassurance regarding assessment, care and treatment.

Able to plan duty rosters if required which reflect the needs of the Theatre and which take into account working lives.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
On-site Nurseries
On-site staff cafes
On-site parking
Support in career development
Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Date posted

11 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,205 to £47,084 a year pa, inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-NM5457-SK

Job locations

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants must demonstrate confidence and competence in the role and an appropriate degree of authority when making decisions and also able to manage conflict.

Ability to lead by example demonstrating excellent professional and clinical standards whilst empowering others.

Recognises and appropriately manages or escalates serious post-operative complications in a timely manner.

Communicates effectively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies as appropriate.

To act as an appropriate and effective visible role model at all times.

Level 1/Level 2 Critical Care development training is either already obtained or willing to develop to effective management of patients out of hours.

Applicants must have a level of management skills including time management, prioritization and organizational skills and the ambition to develop themselves and others. You will need excellent verbal and written communication skills and a strong belief in providing the best patient centred care possible. You will be expected to help maintain high standards of practice and act as a role model to your team.

For further information about this post, please contact: Alex Dumitrescu on 01932726673 or Jinvin Vallathukaran on 01932722833 to discuss the post further or to arrange an informal visit.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants must demonstrate confidence and competence in the role and an appropriate degree of authority when making decisions and also able to manage conflict.

Ability to lead by example demonstrating excellent professional and clinical standards whilst empowering others.

Recognises and appropriately manages or escalates serious post-operative complications in a timely manner.

Communicates effectively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies as appropriate.

To act as an appropriate and effective visible role model at all times.

Level 1/Level 2 Critical Care development training is either already obtained or willing to develop to effective management of patients out of hours.

For further information about this post, please contact: Alex Dumitrescu on 01932726673 or Jinvin Vallathukaran on 01932722833 to discuss the post further or to arrange an informal visit.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

recovery experience

Desirable

ILS
PILS

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

WORKS OUT OF HOURS ALONE

Desirable

LEADERSHIP COURSE

Knowledge

Essential

SUPERVISION OF JUNIOR STAFF

Desirable

LEADERSHIP COURSE

Knowledge

Essential

INTERNAL PAIN COURSE

Desirable

CHALLENGES IN PAIN

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

recovery experience

Desirable

ILS
PILS

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

WORKS OUT OF HOURS ALONE

Desirable

LEADERSHIP COURSE

Knowledge

Essential

SUPERVISION OF JUNIOR STAFF

Desirable

LEADERSHIP COURSE

Knowledge

Essential

INTERNAL PAIN COURSE

Desirable

CHALLENGES IN PAIN

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.