Job overview
Deputy Matron Surgery, Women's & Oncology Theatres.
Are you an experienced perioperative practitioner looking to progress your career? Do you thrive on challenge and diversity in your working week? If the answer is yes, then keep reading.
At Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust, we are seeking a Deputy Matron for Theatres to join our cross-site team which includes a ten-theatre suite, Day Surgery Unit and Overnight Recovery Unit at the Churchill Cancer Centre, five theatres in our Women’s Centre (including obstetrics) and four theatres and Day Case Unit at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
To succeed at this role, you will require extensive theatre experience, must be a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and a pro-active team player with proven leadership and management skills. You will need to be an excellent communicator, willing to work collaboratively across sites and services, able to motivate others by providing positive, professional, and accountable leadership and will role model both the Trust and NHS Values. You will also have a flexible and adaptable attitude. Previous managerial experience in the peri-operative environment is essential.
Main duties of the job
OUH is world-renowned for its cutting-edge developments and there are strong links with Oxford University. Our theatres provide a wide range of services providing innovative technologies and procedures, including participation in the national transplant program, multi-speciality robotic surgery and benign & oncology procedures aligned with British Association of Day Surgery recommendations.
In this role you will work closely with the Matron, Directorate Manager and Clinical Director to provide transformational leadership and change management across our sites. Your portfolio will include visibility in the perioperative environment supporting Clinical Governance, Health & Safety of staff & patients, leadership, and nursing management. Areas of responsibility will include creation of new patient pathways with clinical services, staff management and development, and optimisation of theatre utilisation. This will be an exciting and challenging role for an individual who has the desire to develop, whist still maintaining a key contribution to patient care within the perioperative environment.
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.
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