Lead Surgical Care Practitioner

at  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will provide senior clinical, managerial and professional leadership to the Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) workforce, setting and ensuring the delivery of high standards of patient care. The post holder will be required to set the vision for the SCP workforce, ensuring the full remit and breadth of the SCP role (within and outside of the peri-operative environment) is fully embedded in clinical practice and mirrors national standards and best practice. The Lead SCP will be required to lead and develop the workforce and service whilst continuing to be a practicing SCP as part of their job planThe post holder will be required to ensure all relevant training and education is in place to support the SCP workforce to grow and develop, ensuring a future pipeline and a clear strategy for succession planning. Alongside this, working with the Clinical Board and Executive Chief Nurse Team, the post holder will work to ensure robust governance and safety processes are in place to support the SCP workforce in practiceSupports specialties and the Board in response to governance processes including incident investigation, representing the Surgical Care Practitioner teamAlongside this, the Lead SCP will also be required to: Line manages the SCP team including appraisals, absence management and supporting health and wellbeing of staff Provide expert assistance and support in robotic surgery to the Consultant Surgeons, SPRs, theatre staff and patients involved in robotic surgery Co-ordinate and organise MIS sessions Support training and direct supervision within the SCP team Develop and manage cross speciality dynamic robotic rota to maximise robotic system utilisation (this will requirement cross speciality agreement to allocate session if not booked 7/10 days before the due date) Contributes to the directorate business planning process by providing information to the Director of Operations in relation to own area of practice Prepare quarterly robotic utilisation and productivity reports (SurgiNet/Intuitive) Managing robotic instrument inventory and ensuring three robotic systems are in safe functioning condition Develop and deliver training courses for robotic assistants/ robotic coordinators in NSTC.
Coordinates the allocation of the MSI operating lists which involves: Reallocation of existing resources from one speciality to another Organisation of additional theatre lists to include liaising with Theatre Sisters for Theatre Teams and liaise on with Anaesthetic Department for anaesthetic cover Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in clinical settings to whom all users and providers of the service can turn to for assistance, advice and support Provide professional support and advice to Divisional managers to facilitate the smooth running of the service As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you

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