Theatre Team Leader

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner dedicated to developing patient services. The role entails coordinating team efforts, managing budgets, and leading a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care. Candidates should possess the necessary qualifications and a passion for the relevant speciality. This position offers various benefits, including a generous relocation package and support for career development.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday, rising to 33

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts from various providers

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic about developing patient care services.
• Experience in budget management and resource allocation.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the service and team effectively.
• Ensure economic use of resources and manage budgets.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality service.

Skills

Team Coordination

Budget Management

Patient Care

Clinical Knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse or ODP Qualification

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, with a passion for the relevant speciality, who will be dedicated to developing our service. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide the highest standard of patient care and ensuring effective use of budget and resource to maintain an effective service and meet theatre utilisation targets. There may be an element of cross site working required to meet the service needs.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the co‑ordination and management of the service, including planning the work of the team, deployment and supervision of the staff and the department.
• Overall responsibility for the economic use of all resources. Holds delegated budget; responsibility for the control and monitoring of budgets as required, providing the General Manager and Operational Manager with relevant specialist information regarding budgets, e.g., knowledge of competitors / costs / alternatives. This includes negotiating with relevant parties to achieve the most economic use of the budget.
• Lead a multi‑disciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of a high‑quality specialist service to patients and users.
• Responsible for the identification and provision of core and specialist development within the area, working with the Theatre and PACU education team to develop training and development programmes, using external and internal resources as appropriate.
• Maintain custody of drugs and ensure legal requirements and hospital regulations regarding their administration are observed.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE – Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Flexible Hours

Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be available on a smaller number of hours than advertised. If you would be interested in applying on this basis, we would encourage you to contact the appointing manager to enquire further.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in one payment or over a six‑month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for. Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check – basic, standard and enhanced. The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone [phone] or email [e-mail].

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one – for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard‑to‑fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.
• All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

About Us and Surrounding Area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York – consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale – an area covering 3,400 square miles. Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

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