Theatre Lead Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Walsall; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Walsall is seeking an experienced operational manager to oversee clinical practice, manage budgets, and lead multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will be an NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner with a degree in healthcare management. Responsibilities include improving standards of care and ensuring efficient use of resources. This role provides a pivotal opportunity to impact patient care and team development.

Qualifications

• Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute care setting.
• Demonstrate experience of working in at least 2 areas of perioperative practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise clinical practice and teaching.
• Ensure effective use of resources and develop team performance.

Skills

Highly developed communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Delegation and prioritisation skills

Education

NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner

Health care /management / leadership qualification -at Degree or Masters Level

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for the effective and efficient operational day to day management of the practice setting, including standards of care, budget management and control, clinical governance staff development and training. The post holder is professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards of professional practice and standards of care. They will provide professional clinical leadership within a defined practice setting and provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members within the multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set, monitor and continuously improve standards of care and patient experience. The post holder is accountable for managing and developing team performance, managing a devolved budget ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources.

Where the post holder has continuing 24 hours responsibilities for the practice setting this will be identified at the point of recruitment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set, monitor and continuously improve standards of care and patient experience. The post holder is accountable for managing and developing team performance, managing a devolved budget ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources.

Please refer to the detailed job description and the job role personal specifications

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.

A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set, monitor and continuously improve standards of care and patient experience. The post holder is accountable for managing and developing team performance, managing a devolved budget ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources.

Please refer to the detailed job description and the job role personal specifications

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• Health care /management / leadership qualification -at Degree or Masters Level

Skills

• Highly developed communication skills able to communicate sensitive information / medical conditions/ with a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure across competing demands/ proprieties and demonstrate appropriate delegation and prioritisation skills

Knowledge

• Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute care setting within theatres / relevant practice setting as a Band 6 line manager
• Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in at least 2 areas of peri operative practice (anaesthetics , scrub or recovery ) , and in different specialties including elective and emergency practice settings

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.