Theatres Senior Team Leader

Job overview

Senior Theatre Team Leader: Anaesthetic Team (Operating Department Practitioner or Registered Nurse)

Band 7 £49,387- £56,515 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

Are you a dynamic and experienced theatre practitioner ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Join our forward-thinking and innovative team at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Milton Keynes Theatre Department currently consists of 12 theatres, a newly established treatment room and 2 recovery areas over two sites within the hospital. We cover a range of specialities including trauma and orthopaedic, ENT, and ophthalmology. The theatre service is expanding and soon will be adding a further two orthopaedic theatres to further improve our service.

For any further information or an informal visit, please contact Arabelle Casey, Theatre Manager at arabelle.casey@mkuh.nhs.co.uk or call 01908 995604.

Main duties of the job

94% feel that their role makes a difference to patience and service users.' 'NHS Survey, 2024''

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Team Leader to lead our Anaesthetic Theatre Team and support the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate patient care throughout the perioperative pathway. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Anaesthetic Practitioner with a passion for high standards of care, staff development and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will be a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with current NMC or HCPC registration, excellent communication skills and substantial theatre experience, ideally across a range of specialties. You will provide expert clinical leadership, support and develop staff, and work closely with the theatre management team to ensure safe, efficient and patient-centred care.

The role involves line managing the Anaesthetic Theatre Team, maintaining high-quality services and ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the department. Working in partnership with the Deputy Theatre Manager and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will coordinate theatre activity across both elective and emergency pathways.

You will be accountable for your own practice and that of theatre staff, working within Trust policies to drive service improvements, promote best practice and support positive patient outcomes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Join #TeamSurgery at Milton Keynes University Hospital

The surgery division at MKUH, which covers specialties including theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, offers a variety of roles and opportunities, both clinical and non-clinical. The division are looking for passionate, enthusiastic and forward-thinking professionals to join the team.

MKUH is one of the leading hospitals in Europe for implementing robotics to assist in surgery, becoming the first in the continent to use the CMR Versius robot for gynaecological surgery. Since its introduction in 2019, the theatres team have completed over 500 surgical cases, the first hospital in the UK to reach this milestone, achieving this in March 2023.

As well as being an innovator in robotics, the Trust is proud to be part of the New Hospital Programme, with plans to expand and increase our surgical capacity to meet the health needs of our communities now and in the future.

With a leading benefits package, and a growing hospital estate to meet one of the fastest growing populations in the country, it is a great time to join MKUH.

Find out more about working in #TeamSurgery at MKUH from the people who work across the division in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYel-Y9nrU

Clinical

To act as clinical expert and role model, assessing patients needs and then planning, delivering, and evaluating a complex programme of care for them within the theatre environment.

To communicate complex and sensitive information regarding patients and their medical conditions with other clinicians across the Trust, to enhance continuity of patient care when transferring into and out of the department.

Management

To participate in the development of the departments policies ensuring that they reflect the strategic plans of the Trust. Plan and organise theatre allocations and act as Bleep Holder on a rolling rota, managing and being accountable for the entire theatre team during ‘elective’ hours when this activity is most complex.

Education and professional development

To participate in the education and development of all grades of staff To ensure that the environment motivates and encourages learning.

General

To work within and promote the NMC and HPC Code of Professional Conduct To continually develop and promote the department’s philosophy of care and its contribution to the CSU’s overall philosophy of care

Please refer to the attached job description for further information

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.