Theatre Lead for Anaesthetic Standards and Education

Theatre Lead for Anaesthetic Standards and Education

Req#: C9284-25-0268?language=en&page=150&sort=publicationDateDesc

Job summary

The post holder will be an experienced anaesthetic practitioner who has a passion for Anaesthetic standards and education. They need to be able to effectively manage a team and provide clinical leadership and management support to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met.

The post holder as a clinical expert will also be required to act within their professional boundaries to provide care for patients and creates a safe environment that facilitates innovative approaches to improve the quality of care to patients and their families . They will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary care team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures whilst working closely with the senior management team.

The post holder will develop, motivate and empower others to ensure highly specialised clinical competence and teaching to ensure standards are developed and maintained.

Main duties of the job

There will be excellence and innovation in all aspects of the delivery of safe, high quality patient care.

Work effectively with the teams outside of Theatres to ensure the patient's journey is the best it can be.

Maintain regular personal contact with children and their families, being courteous and sensitive to their needs, enabling staff to be responsive to their needs.

To provide skilled assistance in theatres and associated areas always acting as a professional role model ensuring a family-friendly environment at all times.

To ensure care is delivered in partnership with the family

Provide and maintain effective management and leadership promoting a high standard of safely delivered evidence based clinical care.

Ensure high standards of care are given to all children and to monitor though audit and contributing to nursing care quality indicators/dashboard.

To provide effective leadership, direction and support to a team of registered/non-registered workforce.

Support the Clinical Group Head of Nursing to ensure compliance with; National service framework for children and young people, NICE guidelines, NPSA alerts, AFPP guidance, World Health Organization Checklists, LocSSIPs, NatSSips, safeguarding, patient experience and infection control requirements.

Act as lead practitioner for specific specialty/specialties co-ordinating staff,resources and management of skills in an efficient manner whilst providing expert skilled assistance.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

284-25-7107159-DSNH

Job locations

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH




Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in Theatres at a senior level or above
• Supervisory Management Experience
• Evidence of ongoing professional leadership/management experience
• Detailed knowledge of Theatres
• Experience of audit and leading change
• Involvement, management of complaints and investigations

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
• Current NMC registration/HCPC registration
• Certificate in management/approved management training/equivalent management experience
• Clinical leadership Course e.g. ILM, BCH Team Maker/Player
• Mentoring qualification
• Pediatric Life Support Course
• Teaching qualification/NMC registered nurse teacher/ PG Cert Education- or working towards

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential

• Complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
• Skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients and staffing issues
• Evidence of implementing a change in practice

Professional/ Magerial/Specialist knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills
• Able to make swift appropriate decisions in an emergency
• Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the hospital
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role

Personal skills/abilities and attributes

Essential

• Excellent problem solving and decision making
• Effective time management and able to demonstrate leadership qualities
• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to plan and organise complex activities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive.

Other requirements

Essential

• Provide and receive complex and sensitive information
• Demonstrate alignment with trust, values and beliefs
• Able to work a range of shifts
• Dexterity and accuracy required

Desirable

• Good computer skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point) and IT systems such as Vesper, ESR, Taurus, E-ROSTER, Oracle etc.
Person Specification

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in Theatres at a senior level or above
• Supervisory Management Experience
• Evidence of ongoing professional leadership/management experience
• Detailed knowledge of Theatres
• Experience of audit and leading change
• Involvement, management of complaints and investigations

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
• Current NMC registration/HCPC registration
• Certificate in management/approved management training/equivalent management experience
• Clinical leadership Course e.g. ILM, BCH Team Maker/Player
• Mentoring qualification
• Pediatric Life Support Course
• Teaching qualification/NMC registered nurse teacher/ PG Cert Education- or working towards

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential

• Complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
• Skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients and staffing issues
• Evidence of implementing a change in practice

Professional/ Magerial/Specialist knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills
• Able to make swift appropriate decisions in an emergency
• Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the hospital
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role

Personal skills/abilities and attributes

Essential

• Excellent problem solving and decision making
• Effective time management and able to demonstrate leadership qualities
• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to plan and organise complex activities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive.

Other requirements

Essential

• Provide and receive complex and sensitive information
• Demonstrate alignment with trust, values and beliefs
• Able to work a range of shifts
• Dexterity and accuracy required

Desirable

• Good computer skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point) and IT systems such as Vesper, ESR, Taurus, E-ROSTER, Oracle etc.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH




Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH




Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.