Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview Please refer to attached JD for full job spec. Due to the retirement of the current post holder, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic leader to provide clinical leadership to staff within our Inpatient and Emergency Scrub teams. Working with the other Clinical Managers to provide day to day operational management of the operating department, ensuring the efficient utilisation of staff and resources. Advert Provide clinical leadership across designated area of responsibility in the department. Undertake a clinical workload within theatres and maintain competency in a variety of specialist theatre skills (whether as ODP or Registered Nurse). Management of a designated area ensuring effective utilisation of resources, use of safe practice, adherence to Trust policies and procedures. Promote the highest quality service for patients and staff. Ensure the collection, review and audit of quality measures within the set of theatres. To ensure knowledge of the current national and local regulations (including Care Quality Commission and NHSE targets), and promotion of these to all staff and theatre users. Ensure that a culture of continuous improvement in performance against national and local targets is embedded within the department. Ensure all staff are supported in terms of the continuous professional development through the personal development planning process. Working for our organisation As a world leader in healthcare and research we have already earned our place as one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat over 250,000 children and young people a year and safely perform over 13,000 surgical procedures. Our catchment area has a population of over 7m, stretching from Cumbria, through Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire, parts of Shropshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Children from virtually every part of the UK, and also from around the world, visit Alder Hey for specialist treatment. As a result, we are recognised as Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and have been designated as a national centre for craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery by the Department of Health. Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Assist the Theatre Manager and the Head of Theatre Services in achieving the Trusts aims and objectives. Ensure the effective planning and implementation of theatre lists in order to optimise theatre time and use of staff and other resources by liaising with relevant medical/surgical staff, service managers and admissions staff. Manage and implement change in a pro-active way to improve productivity, to enhance clinical practice by improving quality and standards of care and to encourage costs effectiveness and savings. To exhibit and promote the highest standards of personal and professional behaviour in accordance with the departmental code of conduct, and Trust policies. Ensure all staff in area of responsibility have clearly identified roles and responsibilities. Regularly gauge the morale of theatre staff and implement/suggest corrective actions to help improve low morale if/when it is present. Ensure there are clear communication processes in place to keep all staff fully up to date with current developments in Theatres, division and the Trust. Actively promote partnership working with staff and their representatives Monitor and manage staff sickness and absence within their area in line with Trust Policies and Procedures. Keep accurate records of training and study leave for the staff group liaising closely with the Clinical Manager for Education and Governance. Plan and participate in the recruitment, selection and orientation of staff and develop effective retention strategies. Lead and participate in the Trust’s PDR process in order to manage performance, ensuring that training needs are identified and training plans developed and monitored. Facilitate a learning environment where staff can reach their full potential. Communicate with other Clinical Managers and all staff to ensure they are informed and involved and have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the service. Maintain a visible and accessible presence within the department. Promote and maintain an open and effective communication structure within the theatres department with appropriate daily, weekly and monthly meetings as required. Ensure that all direct reports are ‘Team Briefed’ Ensure staff treat all patients and their families with respect & dignity at all times. Maintain effective external communication links with service mangers, senior nurses/practitioners, specialist nurses/practitioners, general managers and other divisional or departmental teams as appropriate. Represent theatres at meetings as required and promote effective communications. Delivery of a balanced budget for own cost centre including the cost effective use of resources, identifying budget pressures and proposing action to address them. Ensure that cost improvement initiatives are identified and implemented and evaluate the outcome of such initiatives. Influence the purchasing process by advising on the appropriateness of equipment within the sphere of responsibility and produce business cases for new and replacement equipment. To ensure compliance with statutory requirements and standing financial instructions, including the procurement of equipment and clinical material. Maintain credibility as a theatre practitioner and act as a role model within area of expertise. Regularly review and update own personal development as identified by professional bodies. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599 Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.