Job summary
Following significant investment an exciting opportunity has arisen at Bedford Hospital to join the newly expanded theatre leadership team for an individual who has the compassionate leadership abilities to empower and enable their teams to shape their area to provide the highest quality, most effective care for the benefit of our patients and the whole department.
This posts will be interesting, challenging and provide plenty of variety, including the opportunity to use your clinical expertise working alongside your team to care for our patients.
Within this role the post holder will be directly accountable for the continual operational management of the theatre's as well as risk and governance for the theatre department including staff compliance to policies and procedures, teaching and induction of staff, governance and professional practice. The Post holder will also be jointly responsible for the 24 hour management of the theatre complex along with the other band 7 senior practitioners, theatre coordinator and theatre manager's.
Main duties of the job
Our Senior Theatre Practitioner will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with their respective Clinical Service Line teams to measure and monitor their performance and outcomes, as well as being supported to identify potential service developments and put their ideas into practice.These roles will include exciting opportunities for professional development, such as a leadership development programme to nurture the newly expanded senior team, as well as individualised development support.The operating theatre department is home to 11 operating theatres, including a high specification multi-functional Storz OR1 theatre. A wide range of laparoscopic surgery is performed in the facility.The hospital also has a very busy orthopaedic and trauma service that provides a range of services and undertake a wide variety of elective and emergency surgeries including a comprehensive vascular service including EVAR services.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing acute Trust formed of two recently merged hospitals, Bedford Hospital and the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, caring for a population of around 620,000 people in and around Bedfordshire.
We're a hospital with 2000 dedicated staff members and over 200 volunteers who are ready to welcome you aboard. The Trust is committed to providing a caring and safe environment for our staff as well as our patients, fostering fantastic links with external health and wellbeing facilitators and running frequent engagement activities to both motivate and thank our workforce.
'Every patient matters' is our ethos, with a vision of providing high quality care to meet the needs of our local community. We are constantly working with our staff to find new ways of working to ensure that our vision is achieved.
The operating theatre department is home to 11 operating theatres, including a high specification multi-functional Storz OR1 theatre. A wide range of laparoscopic surgery is performed in the facility.
New to the area? Bedford is a busy and expanding market town with historical sites and a river frontage. It offers many facilities for families and young people as well as retail shopping parks and leisure facilities. Options could be available for nearby accommodation if required.
Bedford is centrally located and in close proximity to Milton Keynes, Cambridge, A1 and M1 roads and is one hour away from London by train.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a highly motivated and experienced practitioner in any of the following specialties, apply now:
Senior Theatre Practitioner- Risk and Governance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a highly motivated and experienced practitioner in any of the following specialties, apply now:
Senior Theatre Practitioner- Risk and Governance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Professional (NMC / HCPC).
- oUK recognised Diploma/Degree in nursing studies / operating department practice or equivalent experience
- oPractice Assessor / Supervisor
- oManagement/leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- oEvidence of Continuous Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post-registration experience in the peri-operative care setting
- oExperience of leading and motivating a team
- oExperience of change management
- oExperience of producing protocols and guidelines
- oExperience of resource management
Desirable
- oEvidence of individual research, Quality Improvement or audit of nursing / peri-operative practice
Knowledge
Essential
- oExperience in incident investigations
- oGood understanding of clinical and corporate governance
- oKnowledge of HR principles and procedures
- oAppraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendations and directives to improve services
- oAble to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
- oUnderstanding of the current NHS agenda and health policy
- oKnowledge of risk management and governance
- oKnowledge of best practice in health, safety and security
- oAble to evaluate, review and implement policies within the department and specialist areas.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of service improvement and project management.
Personal Skills
Essential
- oExcellent communication skills
- oAble to work independently and as part of a team
- oAssumes accountability for own actions and those of junior staff
- oThe ability to develop oneself and contribute to the development of others
- oAbility to demonstrate and further develop analytical skills to enable the practitioner to deal with complex situations, both clinical and non-clinical
- oAble to perform well under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Professional (NMC / HCPC).
- oUK recognised Diploma/Degree in nursing studies / operating department practice or equivalent experience
- oPractice Assessor / Supervisor
- oManagement/leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- oEvidence of Continuous Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post-registration experience in the peri-operative care setting
- oExperience of leading and motivating a team
- oExperience of change management
- oExperience of producing protocols and guidelines
- oExperience of resource management
Desirable
- oEvidence of individual research, Quality Improvement or audit of nursing / peri-operative practice
Knowledge
Essential
- oExperience in incident investigations
- oGood understanding of clinical and corporate governance
- oKnowledge of HR principles and procedures
- oAppraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendations and directives to improve services
- oAble to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
- oUnderstanding of the current NHS agenda and health policy
- oKnowledge of risk management and governance
- oKnowledge of best practice in health, safety and security
- oAble to evaluate, review and implement policies within the department and specialist areas.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of service improvement and project management.
Personal Skills
Essential
- oExcellent communication skills
- oAble to work independently and as part of a team
- oAssumes accountability for own actions and those of junior staff
- oThe ability to develop oneself and contribute to the development of others
- oAbility to demonstrate and further develop analytical skills to enable the practitioner to deal with complex situations, both clinical and non-clinical
- oAble to perform well under pressure
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).
