Specilaity Lead for Trauma Orthopaedics and Plastics Theatre

Job overview

The Trauma Orthopaedic and Plastics theatres sits within the main theatre suite at University Hospitals in Coventry.

As a major trauma centre, the specialty is a busy, fast paced, dynamic speciality.

The specialty offers a wide variety of treatments and procedures including elective arthroplasty, spinal surgery, complex revision surgery, paediatric surgery, soft tissue knee, shoulder, reconstructive breast surgery and poly trauma treatments that include fixation, and micro vessel free flap soft tissue coverage, complex pelvic fixation, and a huge amount of routine trauma cases.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible team player who has the skill set to facilitate care in both anaesthesia and surgery within this specialty. Applicants should also be able to show evidence of people management, work planning within a busy department and specialty management of a team. It would be desirable that the successful applicant has experience in PDR, sickness absence management , roster allocations , HR issues, and overall management people.

• To ensure students are supported in becoming competent and capable practitioners within their profession specific framework
• To supervise and mentor of students practitioners in the practice setting.
• To ensure structures are in place to provide pastoral support to students who are experiencing professional / personal issues within practice setting.
• Demonstrate clinical and practice expertise through personal practice and by leading by example
• Advise and support existing practice learning support staff in the supervision and assessment of students
• Understand key governance requirements for practice learning and support practice staff in ensuring these are maintained, escalating concerns as necessary
• Understand the Standards of Proficiency and ensure that learners are supported to develop practice learning opportunities to enable them to meet regulatory requirements in line with curriculum outcomes and objectives, escalating concerns as appropriate

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work in partnership with AHP teams to provide an environment conducive to learning.
• Advice and support new and existing educators in the mentoring and assessment of students
• Maintaining internal and external networks to facilitate learning
• Use communication and interpersonal skills to work with diverse settings in health and social care whilst supporting students in practice.
• Working with educators and HEI professional leads to deliver and develop plans to support AHP practice learning.
• Liaise and escalate to Practice Educators any concerns that affect the practice learning environment or student learning experience.
• Communicate and work with Health Education England (West Midlands), Education Providers and partner organisations to take forward the AHP faculty work streams.
• Participate in the planning of curriculum development with education providers with reference to practice, as appropriate
• Represent the stakeholders on external professional groups and network with colleagues from other organisations as appropriate e.g. Professional Regulatory Body visits, Quality Assurance Agency & HEEWM.
• Working in collaboration with education providers to assist in the monitoring and review of learning environments and work with the education and placement providers to resolve any highlighted issues.
• Provide feedback to practice areas regarding student evaluation of the placement and ensure that relevant actions planned are developed as appropriate.
• Participate in research, monitor and review activities and promote the use of critical analysis of evidence-based practice.
• Promote reflective practice in line with clinical governance e.g. by participating in critical incident analysis.
• Maintain own clinical competency in line with the Regulatory Bodies standards.
• Be responsible for own professional development as identified on personal development plan.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.