Senior Sister/Charge Nurse/Senior ODP) - Day Surgery Unit Band 7

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse/ODP to lead clinical teams in delivering high-quality peri-operative care. The role involves responsibility for managing a skilled team, promoting continuous professional development, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will possess a strong clinical background, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience in orthopaedics and hand scrub speciality.
• Experience of managing patients undergoing surgical procedures.
• Management experience and team development.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical practice in the theatre area and maintain high standards of peri-operative care.
• Communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and promote a learning environment.
• Ensure the completion of annual personal development plans for staff.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Practice

Change Management

Education

Registered Nurse/ODP

Post registration education or leadership course

Master's degree in health (desirable)

Tools

Cerner

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• To act as a role model of expert clinical practice in the theatre area.
• To be an experienced skilled practitioner, enthusiastic, inspirational and with transferable skills, displayed when regularly undertaking clinical duties. .
• To lead and be responsible for a team comprising qualified and unqualified staff.
• To communicate with carers and relatives to ensure individualized patient centered care is provided.
• Maintain expected standards of documentation including paper and computer records such as CERNER and in accordance with the NMC Standard for Records and Record Keeping. Participate in ensuring the timely and effective use, entry and validation of CERNER care records.
• To foster collaborative relationships and communication within and between the multi-disciplinary team.
• To promote the development of evidenced based peri & post-operative practice.
• To ensure the delivery of high standards of peri-operative care to all patients, monitoring this through spot checks, audits and clinical quality indicators outcome measures.
• Have specific departmental responsibility for one of the following where required: Health and Safety, Incident Notifications, Risk Assessments, Infection Control and TSSU issues, and to be responsible for regularly communicating performance against these at staff meetings.
• To liaise with other departments in the hospital e.g. Estates, Facilities, Finance, IT, Human Resources to ensure that services supplied are of an acceptable standard and problems identified are registered and addressed. Ongoing or serious problems must be escalated to the Matron.

Education and Development

• To ensure that all staff have an annual personal development plan.
• To maintain records of performance reviews, study days, competency assessments of staff within the team
• To contribute to the training needs analysis which reflects the future needs of the service in collaboration with the Theatre Practice Educator & the Matron for the Day Surgery Unit.
• To teach and promote a learning environment and facilitate others to develop informal teaching skills.
• To keep up to date with current peri-operative literature and guidance and act as a clinical resource and advisor to staff and promoting evidence based practice.
• To liaise with the Matron for the Day Surgery Unit, specialist Nurses, surgeons, anesthetists', Learning Resource Centre staff, and external agencies to explore and ensure appropriate educational opportunities for personal, professional and service development are provided.
• To ensure that theatre staff support and nurture pre-registration students in meeting their learning objectives.
• To provide opportunities and supervise health care assistants to develop their peri-operative skills and knowledge.

Communication

• Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
• Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.

Professional Development:

• To participate in own appraisal, developing a Personal Development Plan (PDP) in liaison with the Matron.
• To attend appropriate educational programmes to develop his/her self and team in accordance with the needs of the service.
• To adhere at all times to the NMC / HPC Code of Professional Conduct, and any other NMC guidelines and regulations.

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Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse/ODP
• Management experience
• Mentorship Programme
• Post registration education or willing to undertake or have completed leadership course

Desirable criteria

• Master's degree in health or related subject

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience in orthopaedics and hand scrub speciality
• Experience of managing patients undergoing surgical procedures
• Management and development of a team staff
• Experience working with Cerner or relevant theatre Management system

Desirable criteria

• Audit and research experience
• Experience in change management

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and inspirational
• Ability to share, implement and monitor peri-operative standards within theatres
• A lateral thinker facilitator and respected leader
• Ability to prioritise when faced with competing requests
• To deliver information and directives in a confident and clear manner
• Competent IT skills to utilize Microsoft office
• A thorough understanding of NHS trust and theatre objectives and performance targets
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to plan and prioritise own and others workload and under pressure
• An understanding of change management techniques and ability to manage change effectively
• A good understanding and demonstration of customer service and involvement in improving patients' experience

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 1.1MB)
• FRF (PDF, 653.7KB)
• Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
• Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
• Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)