Deputy Team Leader RN/ODP

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Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust is seeking a Deputy Team Leader RN/ODP for their West Wing Theatre in Oxford. This role involves managing theatre teams, ensuring high-quality patient care, and contributing to staff development. Candidates should possess at least 3 years of scrub experience and leadership capabilities in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years scrub experience at Band 5 level.
• Ophthalmology and ENT scrub experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Develop senior-level effective work skills.
• Guide theatre team in delivering high-quality care.
• Participate in clinical auditing and staff development.

Skills

Decision Making

Leadership

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Team Management

Education

RN/ODP Degree

Job description

Main area Deputy Team Leader, Ophthalmology and ENT Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - On Call and Weekends, Out of hour as required Job ref 321-NOTSS-7083332-B6

Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site West Wing Theatres Town Oxford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59

Deputy Team Leader RN/ODP

NHS AfC: Band 6

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel .

Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visitwww.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Job overview

The West Wing Operating Theatre Department is a 14-theatre unit and provides elective and emergency care for adults and children. It is one of four highly specialised craniofacial centres in the UK, one of seven specialist units for cleft lip & palate surgery. It is a tertiary referral centre for neurosurgery and the unit is recognised for ground-breaking work in ophthalmology surgery. Other specialities include ENT, Maxilla-Facial and children (general surgery & orthopaedics).

This Band 6 position sits with the Ophthalmology and ENT Scrub team.

Main duties of the job

We have one Band 6 scrub vacancy within our JR Theatre department

• Develop the ability to work effectively at a more senior level,
• Develop the ability to make effective decisions based on all available information and guide the rest of the theatre team to deliver high quality care to our patients,
• Develop negotiating and motivational skills,
• Actively participate in the development of yourself and other staff (includes the appraisal process, sickness management of your team members to a certain degree, participation in clinical auditing),
• Ability to analyse audits, incident reports and risk, taking appropriate action to remedy,
• Has specialist knowledge across a range of surgical specialities and desirable that you have at least 3 years experience
• Act as a resource for the development and implementation of LocSSIPs, Policies and Standard Operating Procedures
• Supports the evaluation and implementation of Trust, Divisional and Directorate Quality Priorities,
• Manage change effectively, establishing appropriate goals and delivering change in a realistic time frame (problem solving),
• Acts as a role model for professional values and behaviours and supports other staff in their learning and education,
• Ability to develop and demonstrate leadership skills.
• Human and material resources management will be within the scope of practice of a senior practitioner. Acting as shift coordinator.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description outlines the core requirements expected of a Band 6 Deputy Team Leader and is aligned to the Trust’s clinical nurse/ODP career ladder. The list above is not exhaustive and specific requirements related to any specialist area of practice will be outlined with the prospective post holder. These will be included as an addition to these generic descriptors as role specific prior to employment together with the clinical skills ladder as a point of reference for development and progression.

Person specification

Supporting statement & interview notes

• Minimum 3 years scrub experience at Band 5 level
• Ophthalmology and ENT scrub experience
• RN/ODP Degree

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Nursing and Midwifery:For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managingyour recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.

Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.