Job overview
Anaesthetic Team Leader Band (Nurse/ODP)
Full time with on call commitment
Perioperative Care at Oxford
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has a rich tradition of developing perioperative practice, and of delivering excellence in patient care. Whilst proud of our heritage, our focus is the future, and central to our vision is providing evidence and value-based individualised care to the people we support.
OUH is an exciting and dynamic place to be a nurse, ODP, researcher, educator and leader, but is only as innovative as the people in our amazing teams. Providing the best evidence-based individualised care is core to everything we do.
Within our theatres we have a strong desire to develop perioperative practice through a shared governance approach to enhance care delivery and effective outcomes for patients. In practical terms, this means the Trust is developing ways in which practitioners across all levels of the organisation can actively contribute to driving forward the changes required to deliver outstanding nursing care.
As a Theatre Anaesthetic Practitioner, you are expected to have the flexibility to be able to accommodate rostered shift for for days from Monday to Saturday at hrs to hrs and to carry out a minimum of on call weekdays starting from hrs to hrs per month and whole weekend on call from H to H every other rostered month. This may change depending on staffing levels on each roster period.
Main duties of the job
Scope of the roll
Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by evidence based practice and OUH values.
Work in partnership with the patients’ family and friends to be actively involved in the caring process on behalf of the patient.
Manage, direct and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients.
Communicate effective information to patients/relatives/carers/ and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Demonstrate high standards of perioperative care, reflecting the beliefs about professional perioperative practice and patient care.
Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of perioperative practice relevant to the clinical area.
Undertake the responsibilities associated with being a practice supervisor/assessor and preceptor reflecting the beliefs about professional perioperative practice and patient care.
Demonstrably contribute towards the continuing development of professional perioperative practice in the department.
Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times commensurate with The Code (NMC ) or The Standards of conduct, performance and ethics (HCPC ).
Work proactively to ensure every hospital visit meets the needs of the patient and that they are discharged in a timely manner ensuring effective communication with the family and/or relevant agencies as agreed.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .
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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.