Employer East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum - pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/07/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for Theatre Team Leaders who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We have two new roles available as Theatre Team Leaders. One post is in the Emergency Theatre, and one post would cover General & Gynae Surgery.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will continuously maintain health, safety and control of Infection in clinical work areas.
You will assist in the care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Urology, Obstetrics & Gynae, Robotics, and General Surgery) and Emergency procedures.
You will receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedures.
The successful candidate will ensure equipment, supplies and waste is kept to a minimum.
You will also possess the ability to work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs, regardless of which theatre department they are based in, although it is anticipated that staff do permanently work in the department they are employed to be based in.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* RGN and/or ODP
* Registration with NMC/HPC
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Completion of relevant critical care modules at level 2 and /or level3 (Diploma/BSc)
* Advanced life support certificate
Previous Experience
* Relevant experience in either an inpatient or day surgery theatre or other relevant clinical area at band 5 or equivalent.
* Participation in formulation of procedures to ensure best practise
* Teaching and assessing
* Staff who wish to work as an anaesthetic assistant must have either the ODP qualification or Nurses must have additional formal post basic training in anaesthetics
* Peri-operative practice.....multi skilled in anaesthetics, recovery and scrub.
* Experience in a specialised area of theatre work
* Implementation of personal development plans
Skills
* Can perform in the role of either/and/or anaesthetic assistant, scrub and circulating assistant, recovery person.
* Adaptable and flexible approach to work
* Demonstrates clear communication
* Can effectively and efficiently run a theatre list
* Can delegate work when appropriate
* Can organise and prioritise
* Can participate in the audit process
* Can perform effectively in an emergency situation
* Places value on the patient experience
* Has specialist skills in a relevant area of theatre work
* Has leadership skills
* Can develop a group of people into a team
* Is self aware
* Can participate in resource management
Other
* Be able work within an environment which where you will be exposed to blood, body tissue and body fluids
* Be able to work in close proximity to patients undergoing open and closed operative procedures.
* Be able to concentrate for long periods of time
* Have excellent vision with / without glasses
* Able to stand still for long periods of time which could be for the duration of any operative procedure
* Able to work in an environment with high levels of physical activity Moving and Handling (including use of appropriate supporting equipment) Twisting Bending Pulling and pushing
* Able to wear personal protective equipment
Knowledge
* Can implement research based practise
* Knows of patient focused approach
* Understands Clinical Governance
* Teamwork
* Knows how to carry out an audit and interpret and collate information and data
* Knowledge of DipHe ODP course and support required pre and post qualification by staff at Band 5 and below
* Knows the aims of the Trust
* Can reconcile the need for quality care with the necessity of excellent budget management
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.
When you apply...
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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.
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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.
If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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