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Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital | Nursing
Permanent | Full-Time (37.5 Hours)
Nuffield Health is Britain’s largest Healthcare Charity, offering an opportunity to make a real difference. Bring your management experience to contribute to service development, policies, and strategies, and help uphold the highest standards of care. We’re committed to looking after the health of the nation – and it starts with you.
As a Theatre Clinical Head of Department at Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital, you will be a qualified RGN/ODP with NMC/HCPC registration and a mentorship qualification. You will have significant nursing management experience, be organized, highly motivated, and engaged.
As a Theatre Clinical Head of Department, your responsibilities include:
* Providing strong clinical leadership for a team of highly qualified nurses/Operating Department Practitioners
* Assuming overall accountability for clinical effectiveness and operational management to deliver the highest quality perioperative care
* Using your knowledge to help shape a superior patient experience
* Developing your team through mentorship and training
* Supporting the development of local strategy
You will do this by:
* Driving a strong patient safety culture throughout the department, encouraging staff to speak up and report safety concerns
* Collaborating with the Director of Clinical Services to evaluate departmental structures and processes, ensuring effective workforce management and agile service delivery that meets patient, staff, and clinical needs
* Building strong working relationships with other clinical leaders within the hospital to enhance patient care and service delivery
* Taking on additional responsibilities and extending scope of practice as needed, e.g., Surgical First Assistant
* Evaluating patient experience within the department, learning from feedback, complaints, and accolades to continually improve patient care
* Acting as a role model, leading, coaching, and mentoring the team, and promoting evidence-based and innovative practices
* Supporting the development of nurses and nursing practice across the hospital through leading clinical projects and training
We support your well-being and development:
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. Our benefits package includes private healthcare, free financial advice, a cycle-to-work scheme, emotional wellbeing support, and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
About Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital is a leading provider of private healthcare in the South West, with a reputation for clinical excellence and outstanding patient care built over 40 years. We have invested in modern facilities, including three state-of-the-art Ultra Clean Air operating theatres and an endoscopy suite. The hospital offers a wide range of surgical services, with 41 private en-suite bedrooms across two wards and 11 outpatient consultation rooms.
Our specialties include orthopedics and spinal surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, bariatric treatments, and diagnostic imaging. Our latest CQC inspection in 2024 rated us as overall 'Good', with 'Outstanding' for leadership.
Join Nuffield Health and create your future today
If you like what you see, start your application now. We review applications as they come in and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications. Apply promptly to be considered for this role.
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