Theatre Team Leader - Trauma & Orthopaedic
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Job overview
THEATRES, ANAESTHETICS, CRITICAL CARE, PRE-OP AND PAIN DIRECTORATE
OPERATING THEATRES
Band 6 Theatre Team Leader – Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
36 hours per week | Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Operating Theatres for a motivated and experienced Band 6 Theatre Team Leader to join our Trauma & Orthopaedic Theatre team
This role offers the opportunity to work within a busy, highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, providing clinical leadership while delivering safe, high-quality perioperative care for patients undergoing Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery.
The successful candidate will be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and will have substantial recent theatre experience. You would bring current, relevant scrub experience in Trauma & Orthopaedics, with a strong working knowledge of surgical techniques, instrumentation and specialist equipment.
We are looking for a confident, organised and approachable practitioner who can lead by example, promote best practice and contribute positively to service delivery and team culture
Main duties of the job
Some of the duties include:
Provide effective clinical and operational leadership to staff during each shift. Support the Specialty Manager, Theatre Manager and Matron for Theatres, Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain in the development and delivery of services, with specific responsibility for Trauma and Orthopaedic Theatres. Coordinate perioperative activity with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective theatre flow and continuity of patient care, including out-of-hours provision. Act as a professional role model, promoting AfPP values, a positive safety culture and effective communication. Promote human factors awareness, situational awareness and professional challenge within the perioperative environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake