Theatre Team Leader

Theatre Team Leader | Theatre | Band 6 Equivalent | Liverpool | Full Time

Spire Liverpool is recruiting an Theatre Team Leader to join their welcoming and supportive team. This role offers excellent career development opportunities.

Spire Liverpool Hospital offer a comprehensive range of medical and surgical treatments to patients from Merseyside. We pride ourselves on patient care with clinical excellence at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to be recognised as an excellent healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a Theatre Team Leader you will be overseeing a small team and will be supported by both a Theatre Manager and a Deputy as well as a team of other Team Leads. Working as part of this friendly and supportive team you can expect to assist patients undergoing a variety of elective procedures.

• Support the Theatre Manger to lead, teach, counsel and appraise staff to ensure development needs are identified and met. Implement personal development plans to meet ongoing development needs.
• Supervise and educate junior staff, RGN's, ODP's and carry out clinical supervision.
• Contribute to the overall advancement of the Operating Department to promote excellence in clinical care.
• Act as a role model, demonstrating high levels of clinical expertise, leading, managing and delivering excellence in clinical care.
• Prepare the operating theatre room for surgery in relation to instrumentation, equipment and supplies required for specific operative procedures, ensuring waste is kept to a minimum.
• Be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients to ensure delivery of a high standard of care on every shift.
• Assess patient's health and well-being across a complex and changing caseload.
• Develop care plans that are appropriate to the patient, taking into consideration the care pathway, perioperative risks and their wellbeing.
• Work alongside Theatre Administrator to ensure equipment and implants required for surgeries are booked in a timely manner.
• Liaise with Company Representatives as and when necessary to provide support to surgeons and staff.

Who we're looking for:

• Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner - HCPC or NMC registration
• Experience of working in teams and with minimum supervision
• Previous leadership experience would be an advantage however, we offer award winning training and CPD
• At least 5 years ortho scrub experience would be advantageous amongst other specialities
• Mentorship qualification is desirable
• Ability to manage complex cases.
• Good understanding of financial budgets is desirable.
• You must be passionate and driven and be able to demonstrate your dynamic thinking.
• Completed SFA training would be an advantage, however willingness to undertake within first 3 years with Spire will be considered

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Please see the attached benefits leaflet for more information.

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Alishia Okereafor on Applyor

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications