Senior Theatre Practitioner

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Please see attached Job description CLINICAL SKILLS Implement and monitor systems and processes to ensure that patient needs are comprehensively assessed, appropriately planned, effectively implemented and evaluated according to changing health care needs and varying levels of complexity. Implement change and best practice in terms of patient flow, by proactive management of theatre sessions ensuring agreed timescales/utilisation is met in accordance with the Theatre schedule. Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met, especially in relation to on-going care needs and discharge arrangements. Involve patients, relatives/carers in providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation.
Ensure that the clinical environment is correctly and safely prepared, that the appropriate level of cleanliness is maintained, and that relevant materials and equipment needed for clinical procedures are available and ready for use, including the clearing away and restoring equipment/environment afterwards. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations, ensuring that others do so. Collect, collate, and report information, ensuring that patient records/computer systems/documentation are accurate, complete and legible, and can be retrieved promptly. Participate in the surgical/anaesthetic on call rotas.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE Promote the individual needs of the patient, by acknowledging preferences, rights and choices, respecting privacy and dignity, and by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, alerting senior staff if patient care appears to be disrespectful or discriminatory. Establish and maintain effective communication, maintaining confidentiality of information. Continually monitor standards, by identifying risks, benchmarking, audit and research, assisting the Department Lead in the implementation of action plans. Implement and monitor systems and processes for ensuring the effective management of risk, accurate recording and reporting, and maintenance of all records and documentation.
Contribute to the content of policies, procedures and guidelines related to own clinical area, and others. Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others, alerting senior staff if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care. MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIP Participate in the development of services from the patients perspective, making suggestions for change, and by leading on improvements under the direction of the Department Lead. Participate in patient and public involvement initiatives leading to service improvements through patient surveys.
Demonstrate effective clinical leadership by prioritising patient care, allocating, supervising and evaluating the work of the team under the direction of the Department Lead. Accept delegated line manager responsibilities by participating in the management of the team, recruiting staff, ensuring local induction, work based learning and education takes place, and by providing clinical supervision, performance management and staff appraisal. Undertake Co-ordinator role as rostered, ensuring organisation of the department and patient flow is maximised. Participate in the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources, evaluating information to ensure the right numbers/skill mix of staff, equipment and supplies are available, reporting any concerns.
Promote, monitor and maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining accurate documentation and reporting any concerns EDUCATION/LEARNING Take responsibility for own learning by full participation in appraisal and clinical supervision, attending mandatory training, developing own expert knowledge and skills for their area, maintaining a professional portfolio. Provide induction, work based learning and assessment of others designed to improve knowledge and clinical practice within the team, including compliance of others with regard to mandatory training, development of speciality knowledge and associated equipment. Promote a learning environment for multi-disciplinary students ensuring their learning objectives are met. This job description is an outline of the role and function.
It is not intended to describe all specific tasks

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