Job summary
A vacancy has arisen for a Band 6 Team Leader in the Raedwald Day Surgery are looking to recruit highly motivated nurse/ODPs who are passionate about the care of patients to join Raedwald Day Surgery unit has 4 operating theatres, 24 adult cubicles, 7
children's cubicles and post anaesthetic recovery area.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly team who are motivated in promoting the delivery of patient-centred, clinically effective and dynamic service to our patients.
Do you possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Are you keen and motivated to learn? If so, then your skills are invaluable to us and we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
In this post you will deliver excellent and individualised care to our patients, and you will be fully supported to achieve this through our comprehensive educational strategy.
Depending on your level of experience, you will develop your competence and confidence through a program of supervised practice, Post-Operative and Recovery specific competencies with an expectation to rotate through all areas of the day Surgery unit.
If you require further information or an informal visit please contact Adrian Edwards, Unit Lead on 01473 702742
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Nurse or Registered ODP
2. Dip HE
3. Portfolio / CPD evidence
Desirable
4. Post registration modules in day surgery/theatres, anaesthetic or post anaesthetic recovery
5. Degree or equivalent experience
6. Intermediate Life Support
7. Paediatric Life Support
Experience
Essential
8. Expertise in post anaesthetic recovery.
9. Knowledge and understating or the intricacies of Day Surgery
10. Evidence of team building, leadership and first line management
11. Understands the Divisional / Corporate and National agenda.
12. Experience of leading a team, working with patients and carers to plan and implement individualised patient pathway
Desirable
13. A recognised leadership/management qualification
14. Project management training
15. Experience in successful change management
16. Previous involvement in project teams
Knowledge
Essential
17. NMC code of conduct and practice standards or HPC Standards of Proficiency
18. Demonstrates and implements clinically effective practice.
19. Understand current issues for clinical/day surgery practice.
20. Able to teach and assess specialist day surgery practitioner skills.
21. A recognised teaching/assessing mentoring qualification
22. Demonstrates knowledge of the current clinical practice to provide high quality patient focused care
Skills
Essential
23. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
24. Able to meet the physical demands of the post.
25. IT literate
26. Ability to motivate and encourage others.
27. To understand, follow and demonstrate the trust values
Desirable
28. Negotiating and handling difficult people skills training