Join the Elective Orthopaedic Theatre team at Pinderfields Hospital as a senior practitioner. This role offers a chance to advance your orthopaedic theatre career in a supportive and forward‑thinking environment.
Main duties of the job
* Creates, maintains and enhances effective working relationships.
* Undertakes senior responsibility in the absence of the band 7 practitioner.
* Organises the clinical workload to ensure that staff are competent and confident to care for the needs of patients.
* Contributes to the identification of the skill and manpower requirement of the team, adopting flexible working practices.
* Ensures effective delegation in line with the capabilities and competencies of the staff delegated to.
* Participates in the monitoring and management of sickness/absence.
* Participates in the recruitment and selection of staff.
Qualifications
* RGN/RODP qualification.
* Mentor/Assessor qualification at honours level or equivalent.
Experience
* Significant post‑registration experience within theatres / PACU.
Knowledge and Awareness
* Essential knowledge of your own speciality and current issues in health care.
* An understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop yourself and team members.
* Continued professional development.
* Demonstrates a clear understanding of budget management.
* Awareness of own limitations.
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to work within the peri‑operative team and organise and prioritise own and others’ workload.
* IT literate.
* Proficient organisational skills.
* Ability to relate to all staff, patients and carers in a confident manner, demonstrating good listening and an ability to work effectively as part of a team.
* Ability to lead, influence and motivate others.
* Ability to demonstrate evidence‑based practice.
* Effective problem solving and organisational skills.
* Demonstrates clear direction and leadership for the peri‑operative team with regards to the professional dimensions of care.
* Demonstrates diplomacy and the ability to deal with colleagues, patients and carers in a way that avoids conflict.
* Recognises areas of interpersonal conflict and develops a proactive stance in resolving issues.
* Ability to promote a secure environment for staff, patients and carers.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a DBS check.
Employer details
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/
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