Job summary
The role will be leading the theatre department team and ensuring the day-to-day operation reflects the highest standard of governance, clinical effectiveness, and standards of care.
You will be an experienced Theatre Practitioner or have had experience as a Lead or Senior Theatre Practitioner, using your advanced knowledge and experience to guide and support your team whilst actively being involved in the delivery of patient care.
You will be responsible for the logistical and procedural processes within the team, ensuring policy and governance is strictly adhered to whilst maintaining the smooth operation of the team.
Main duties of the job
Be a visible leader for the hospital team, clinical & administration, encouraging development and motivation within the team
Oversee and undertake scrub procedures in ophthalmic cases, supporting the theatre team as a senior Theatre Lead and ensuring safe patient care
Support the Hospital Manager working with the Facilities & Estates team to ensure all equipment is fit for purpose and use
Support and coach a diverse team to succeed in their goals and maintain wellbeing
Lead your teams in CQC readiness, improvement plans, and provide advice when required
Adhere to good record keeping, drug administration in line with guidelines, ensuring you have an audit processes and action plans in place to monitor the effectiveness
Adhere to Information Governance rules on data protection
About us
Community Health and Eyecare are an independent service provider that specialise in Ophthalmology and Endoscopy services supporting the NHS. CHEC are an established group of hospitals and community clinics across the UK. Our bespoke state of the art surgical centres are a beacon of envy, providing end-to-end care for our patients through NHS partnerships.
We have 5 core values that we uphold through our employee and patient lifecycle to ensure a pleasant experience for all. These are Caring, Passionate, Togetherness, Listening and Focus, something that all our colleagues are expected to naturally uphold here at CHEC.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
Considerable experience working within a scrub role ideally Ophthalmic
Passion for high quality patient safety and care
Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
Previous management or team leader experience
Teaching or coaching experience
Previous theatre experience is required. Ophthalmic scrub experience is preferred but not essential as full training is available for suitably qualified RGNs / ODPs with at least 2 years post qualification clinical experience in a secondary care setting or similar.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
Considerable experience working within a scrub role ideally Ophthalmic
Passion for high quality patient safety and care
Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
Previous management or team leader experience
Teaching or coaching experience
Previous theatre experience is required. Ophthalmic scrub experience is preferred but not essential as full training is available for suitably qualified RGNs / ODPs with at least 2 years post qualification clinical experience in a secondary care setting or similar.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
- Considerable experience working within a scrub role ideally Ophthalmic
- Passion for high quality patient safety and care
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Previous management or team leader experience
- Teaching or coaching experience
- Previous theatre experience is required. Ophthalmic scrub experience is preferred but not essential as full training is available for suitably qualified RGNs / ODPs with at least 2 years post qualification clinical experience in a secondary care setting or similar.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
- Considerable experience working within a scrub role ideally Ophthalmic
- Passion for high quality patient safety and care
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Previous management or team leader experience
- Teaching or coaching experience
- Previous theatre experience is required. Ophthalmic scrub experience is preferred but not essential as full training is available for suitably qualified RGNs / ODPs with at least 2 years post qualification clinical experience in a secondary care setting or similar.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
