Deputy Team Leader - Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit

at  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join the new and innovative Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit (EPOC) as a Deputy Team Leader. This is a rapidly developing service which supports the delivery of holistic, high quality care to surgical patients at increased risk of adverse outcomes.
Successful Candidates will have the unique opportunity to help shape this new service to enable the EPOC unit to become an outstanding new addition to the surgical perioperative pathway.
EPOC is a bespoke built unit, comprising of 10 beds cross-site of post-operative patients from a variety of specialties including Maxillofacial, ENT, HPB, Plastics, Gynaecology, Colorectal, Vascular, Upper GI, Urology, Orthopaedics and Thoracics. Patients will be cared for at a higher level of care, 1.5, with a staffing ratio of 1:2. This unit will have input from a variety of members from the Multi-Disciplinary team including Dietitians, Physiotherapists, Acute Pain Specialist Nurses, CCOT and Critical Care Pharmacists.
As a Deputy Team Leader, you will responsible for the day-to-day running of the unit, supporting the Registered Staff and Healthcare Assistants with patient care and managing admissions and discharges of patients within EPOC. You will liaise with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive the highest quality care.
You will be the clinical experts of your area and lead by example. You will deputise for the Team Leader and participate in various link roles within the department. You will have the opportunity to work alongside the Team Leader to continue developing the EPOC service.
This is a cross-site role and you will be expected to work across both sites equally.
We are recruiting knowledgeable and compassionate registered staff to create a team that is dynamic and forward thinking who will have a multitude of skills we require to deliver holistic, safe and excellent patient care at a higher acuity level.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
In addition to the summary above, you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

Day-to-day management of the EPOC unit
Liaising with Recovery, Critical Care and wards to facilitate safe admission and discharge of patients
Support Registered Staff and Healthcare Assistants with care and management of patients
Deputising for the Team Leader, including management of staff and service
To facilitate efficient and effective care and communication between the team to ensure continuity for all patients within EPOC
To actively contribute to developing the professional practice of the Clinical Support Division
We would highly recommend an informal visit to the EPOC Department to see this new patient pathway in operation and to discuss the exciting plans for the development of this service