Clinical Lead - Constable Theatres

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Would you like the opportunity to expand your skills, and be part of evolving and developing services?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Theatre Clinical lead to join our team of practitioners in the Constable Theatres, Colchester Hospital.

This post is integral to the effectiveness of Constable Theatres and provides an excellent opportunity for a motivated and skilled individual to play a fundamental role in the development of Elective Surgical Surgery at Colchester Hospital. You will deliver outstanding leadership and expertise in the clinical environment and lead a clinical specialist team, of General Surgery, Urology and Woman & Children's across 3 operating Theatres. In addition, a dedicated Obstetric theatre that provides 24 hour/ 7 days a week service.

You will be supported by the Matron for Theatres and Anaesthetics, Clinical Educator and the Clinical Leads for the other theatres.

Do you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Are you keen and motivated to develop services? Do you have excellent leadership qualities with a passion about caring for patients? If so then we look forward to your application.

Main duties of the job

As a Theatres Clinical Lead, you will support the Matron in optimising the operational management of theatres including the management of all staff within Constable Theatres. You will act as a role model, mentor and adviser to all theatres staff you manage. You will develop your team and workplace cultures to ensure that highest standards are maintained at all time.

As an already developed senior theatre practitioner, you will have advanced specialist knowledge and skills and expertise in clinical practice. You will manage complex day to day operational challenges, balancing these demands with other aspects of the Clinical Lead workload. You will assist in the education and development of other members of staff and support clinical excellence by developing student learning. You will also collaborate with the theatres leadership team in developing and reviewing the theatre services.

You will promote multi-disciplinary working to assist in the delivery of a patient-centred, clinically effective patient care. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well-organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change. You will also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

12 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2327-23

Job locations

Colchster Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse 1st Level / Registered ODP
Recognised management / Leadership qualification
D32/33 or equivalent or willing to undertake.
Evidence of Staff management experience and relevant study

Desirable

Degree or working toward
Health Care Management qualification
Advanced practitioner award

Experience

Essential

Proven experience at Band 6 within peri-operative speciality
Proven knowledge of suite/team management.
Experience of acting within a lead role in MDT and working across boundaries
Experience in change management
Participation in recruitment and retention
Experience of leading teams at unit level
Team Development
Teaching & Training experience

Desirable

Evidence of service development or improvement project

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse 1st Level / Registered ODP
Recognised management / Leadership qualification
D32/33 or equivalent or willing to undertake.
Evidence of Staff management experience and relevant study

Desirable

Degree or working toward
Health Care Management qualification
Advanced practitioner award

Experience

Essential

Proven experience at Band 6 within peri-operative speciality
Proven knowledge of suite/team management.
Experience of acting within a lead role in MDT and working across boundaries
Experience in change management
Participation in recruitment and retention
Experience of leading teams at unit level
Team Development
Teaching & Training experience

Desirable

Evidence of service development or improvement project

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).