Team Leader

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Working in a leadership position within the anaesthetic and recovery team. Ensuring high standards of care, patient safety and efficient delivery of perioperative services. This involves working as part of a multidisciplinary team to coordinate and manage on a daily basis.
Managerial skills include staff recruitment and retention, reducing and managing sickness absence, staff appraisals, risk assessment and coordination of the team.
Staff training and education including clinical governance and clinical supervision to support development of the team.
An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse or ODP to undertake a, Band 6 role within the specialty of Anaesthetics and Recovery. This post will involve cross site working within the Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to help carry our service forward during this time. You will provide a high standard of care to patients requiring pre and post operative surgical intervention in a demanding and complex environment. You will already have considerable post registration theatre experience and possess a post registration mentorship or equivalent teaching qualification.
A key part of the role will be to work with the theatre management team to initiate new ways of working in support of the Trust’s transformation of services and driving productivity and efficiency in an increasingly changing and challenging economic environment.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Key Result Areas
Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff
Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace
Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff
Take responsibility for personal development and education and the development of a Personal Development Plan.
Carry out regular appraisals for staff, ensuring business goals are clearly communicated and linked to objectives
Review training and development of all staff, so all staff have a personal development plan, and support staff in reaching their full potential as identified through the appraisal process
Apply advanced specialist knowledge in scrub in the Theatre setting across a range of work procedures underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience
Ensure the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of programmes of
care to meet the needs of the individual and that standards are set and met in the delivery of a high quality service
Ensure own understanding and show compliance with the NMC Code of Professional conduct/Health Professional Council guidelines for Professional Practice and promote same in others
Create a physical and psychological environment, conducive to providing optimum nursing care within the theatre Complex
To ensure a high level of professional awareness, both personally and within the Theatre and Trust by holding and attending appropriate meetings and seminars Etc
Actively engages in all aspects of clinical governance as they relate to the Operating Department
Participate in the maintenance of Quality Assurance, Standards and Audit
Contribute to the Departmental and Organisational Business plan and to manage resources effectively and efficiently, identify and plan to resolve deficiencies, provide a LEAN approach in ‘putting patients first’
To take charge of the unit and deal with managerial issues, as they arise, in the absence of the Theatre coordinator/Matron
Work closely with the Theatre Coordinators/Matrons and the Trust wide
Theatre/Day Services Manager in identifying the effects of the service provision and assisting in the initiation of change, where appropriate
To participate in the Unit’s recruitment and retention
Promote and maintain a supportive working environmen

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