Theatre Sister / Clinical Lead Recovery

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• To provide sound clinical leadership and develop support mechanisms for sharing good practice within the Department and Trust wide.
• Monitor the quality of clinical care and action audit information to achieve agreed standards and take the lead on customer care initiatives.
• Takes the lead in ensuring the provision of care is in accordance with the Trust's policies and procedures.
• In conjunction with the staff team, to lead in developing implementing, evaluating and maintaining a Departmental ethos and a standard approach to the delivery of excellent patient centred care.
• To act as patient advocate in line with the NHS plan and to actively apply in depth knowledge of holistic/ socio-economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, actively seeking evidence based practice which will support clinical outcomes as appropriate.

Person specification

Education / Qualification

Essential criteria

• First level NMC Registered Nurse/ HCPC registered ODP
• Post registration education in a relevant speciality
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of continuing education and development
• Evidence of training in operational management and staff development
• Anaesthetic and Recovery experience at the senior level
• Degree qualification in a relevant subject

Desirable criteria

• Working toward a Master's degree
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Current experience in a senior operating theatre role (Anaesthetic/Recovery) or senior staff nurse role (Anaesthetic/Recovery)
• Experience in recruitment, selection and retention of staff
• Experience of clinical governance issue such as investigation incidents/ complaints
• Evidence of organising and delivering education for multi professional staff
• Experience in staff development plans & appraisal process
• Experience of working with IT systems used in theatre

Desirable criteria

• Experience in a senior leadership role
• Experience of disseminating work through presentation or publication
• Experience of managing financial budgets; cost containment strategies
• Experience of dealing with HR issues relating performance/capability

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good level of clinical skills within one or more of the perioperative disciplines
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise own and other workload
• Knowledge/experience of clinical supervision
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team
• Basic IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience of delivering change management initiatives
• Audit skills

Aptitude / Personal characteristics

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate initiative
• Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
• Enthusiastic and assertive
• Adaptable to change
• Approachable
• Polite/Flexible
• Diplomatic and calm
• Demonstrates attention to detail
• Strong leadership skills and self-motivated
• Ability to work as part of a team and in collaboration with others using effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

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Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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