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Job Overview
B7 Clinical Coordinator & Cluster Development Lead Plastics and Breast Cluster: 12-month development secondment opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Scrub Practitioner who is confident in their education, staff well being and workforce development knowledge and skills to join the Plastics & Breast Cluster. Extensive experience as a B6 in both clinical and education roles is essential and recruitment & retention, education and well being experience is desirable.
The post holder will work as part of the Plastics and Breast Cluster in partnership with the established B7 Clinical Coordinator and the Preoperative Development Team and under the supervision of the Clinical Matron for Theatres & Medirooms. They will be supervisory in clinical practice, responsible for ensuring that standards of care are upheld at all times.
75% Clinical Coordinator
25% Cluster Development Lead
Main duties of the job
75% as the Clinical Coordinator, working with the existing Clinical Coordinators and the Theatres & Medirooms Matron, providing professional focus, effective clinical leadership and accountability for the Plastics & Breast Cluster. Responsible for ensuring that they and their team upholds the values of the Trust and of the profession, including effective management of clinical activity, i
25% Cluster Development Lead, ensuring that correct staffing and skill mix ratio is established and maintained through recruitment and retention activity. Undertake regular training needs analysis and facilitating training opportunities to ensure competence and promote best practice. Develop a training matrix and provide live reports to the Clinical Matron for Theatres & Medirooms.
Work alongside clinical colleagues developing the Cluster's knowledge and practice of preoperative care. Collaborate with existing Clinical Coordinators, Theatres & Medirooms Matron and Preoperative Development Team to embed a culture of safe, effective and high-quality care.
We welcome applications from candidates with experience of providing clinical leadership, education, staff wellbeing and preoperative workforce development This post will be instrumental within specialities that are undergoing rapid and exciting development.
To respond to service needs, some flexibility in shift patterns will be required.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, arts and gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping, recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastic transport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history. If you prefer country, village or smaller town living, our Trust is also easily commutable from a range of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales (such as Portishead or Chepstow).
For Band 5 Registered Nurses and ODPs, relocation support may be available. Please email for more information.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The post holder will have responsibilities in the following key areas:
Communication
Personal and People Development
Health, Safety & Security
Service Improvement
Quality
Equality & Diversity
Interventions and Treatments
Financial Management
People Management
Personal and People Development
Information Collection and Analysis
It is recommended that applicants read the attached job description and person specification to gain a full understanding of the responsibilities in these key areas and the qualifications & experience required to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications/Special Training
Essential criteria
Registered Nurse /Operating Department Practitioner
Relevant Degree plus documented evidence of ongoing professional development to support dual clinical / education role
Recognised post graduate teaching and assessing and mentoring qualification
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
Advanced knowledge of perioperative / scrub practice
Knowledge of Health & Safety and risk management within the perioperative environment
Knowledge and experience of audit and research within clinical and educational settings a multi-disciplinary environment
Ability to support operational and strategic development of scrub cluster
Excellent written / verbal / non-verbal communication
Knowledge of working to current nursing quality and patient safety indicators
I.T skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook Email
Ability to prioritise work and manage deadlines
Ability to lead and work for as part of a multidisciplinary team
Ability to establish effective working relationships with key stakeholders of the peri-operative environment impacting on patient safety and theatre efficiency
Sound knowledge of the guidelines set out in the NMC / HCPC code of professional conduct and current perioperative issues
Excellent organisational skills, proven ability to problem solve and remain calm under pressure
Able to support staff and develop conducive team building and team working
Able to challenge and to take appropriate action to correct poor or unsatisfactory working practices
Ability to communicate complex information to all staff groups
Participate in Trust escalation Policy and processes
Negotiation skills
Experience
Essential criteria
Expert practitioner in a scrub setting to improve patient safety and experience of service
Experience at B6 in both clinical and education roles
Experience of change management
Experience of developing and implementing new roles and education/training programmes
Experience of recruitment & retention initiatives
Personal Requirements
Essential criteria
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent persuasion, negotiation and counselling skills
Ability to prioritise and manage workload effectively
Good organisational and personal effectiveness skills
Assertive and confident in their approach to managing at department level within a multi-disciplinary environment
Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment
High level of interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and achieve success through, and with others
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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT's workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.