Theatre Practitioner
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare for our patients through excellence in research, education, and training. We are passionate about the quality of care we deliver and are looking for staff who can be developed and align with the Trust Vision and Values.
The Theatre case mix is challenging and specialties include: Upper and Lower GI, General Surgery, Urology, Maxillofacial, Head and Neck, ENT, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Elective and Trauma Orthopaedics, Emergency Theatres, Paediatrics, Day Surgery and Robotic Surgery.
The Theatre team are passionate about getting it right for patients and their families and to achieve this we are looking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic individuals. Once appointed we will build upon your experience and support you in your new role.
We recognize that you will be wanting to progress your career and to prepare for a Senior Theatre Role, we will provide you with a bespoke training and education package that will broaden and “add value” to your clinical experience and facilitate you to develop “cutting edge” leadership skills.
Your wellbeing is very important to us. We have a newly refurbished wellbeing center on site and a host of wellbeing benefits that are available to you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the effective and efficient operational supervision of the department, including a budgetary awareness, clinical governance, staff development and training. The post holder will be expected to provide professional leadership within the clinical area and provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members of the multi-disciplinary team within the area for which they are accountable for.The post holder will be involved in the development of protocols / guidelines and patient information.
Successful candidates will be supported by the friendly professional development team and team Band 7/ 6. You will also receive a supernumerary period. During your probation period, you will be allocated a senior mentor to guide you through your journey.There are also opportunities to attend the Perioperative theatre course to further enhance your training
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- BSc/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area of speciality supplemented by specialist clinical, supervisory training and CPD.
- Mentorship course. Intermediate Life Support Provider.
- RN1/ RN2 or RN12 Registered Nurse on the NMC register/Operating Department Practitioner on the HCPC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- LEO / Equivalent Leadership Training.
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- To hold a range of management courses/training: Recruitment & Selection Appraisal Disciplinary Grievance Bullying & Harassment
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of supervising an area; including management of rotas, resources and supervision of staff.
- Experience in staff / practice development including undertaking appraisals and Personal development plans
- Experience of audit / research based nursing practice
- Experience of resource management
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of analysing detailed information.
- Experience of conducting own projects successfully and follow through action.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Awareness of government led and professional issues relating to nursing / patient care.
- Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this effects their role and the department.
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to identify patient and staff diversity issues and proactive in addressing of these in business planning and service provision.
- Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood.
- Ability to administer prescribed medication including blood products.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong leadership and team working skills.
- Computer skills including the ability to use Microsoft Word and other health databases.
- Ability to adapt staffing to changing patient need.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Ability to motivate self and Others.
- Ability to actively participate in and develop initiatives from the NHS Plan.
- Ability to use and Understand Electronic Patient Records (EPR).
- Ability to interpret and analyse data and findings.
Other
Essential criteria- Ability to act as a role model
- Creative, lateral thinker.
- The ability to undertake reflective thinking on own practice.
- Enthusiasm / Motivation.
- Good attendance Record
- Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations.
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.