11 Oct
Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford
Job description
Job overview
- Lead the Perioperative Team in Churchill / Horton / Women’s Theatres as they work to deliver exemplary clinical practice to all patients within the Theatre environment.
- Contribute to a climate where staff members appropriately question and challenge practice, and where decision-making can be openly debated, discussed, and escalated when required.
- Work with the education team to ensure all staff are competent and capable practitioners, improve the quality of the learning environment by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all, within the practice setting.
- Act as a positive, professional, role model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert,
professional development advice ensuring practice is patient centred and evidence based.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Practice
Work clinically alongside staff as a clinical expert to raise, monitor and evaluate standards of clinical practice using evidence-based frameworks.
Demonstrating advanced level of clinical competence and inform practice development with a sound and current knowledge of professional practice and health care issues, promoting evidence-based practice.
Act as a role model and clinical expert to colleagues by guiding practice, assessing competence, and supporting the implementation of any policies to actively enhance learning in the knowledge and provision of perioperative care.
Develop effective relationships with the multi-disciplinary team to plan and facilitate changes and innovation in practice and support the implementation of change effectively.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team and matron to plan, deliver, maintain,
and evaluate an effective specialist, clinical environment through role modelling, leadership, and excellence in practice.
Lead and drive progressive change in clinical practice within the parameters of established national and local priorities, policies, and procedures.
Please read the attached job description for full details.
Working for our organisation
Churchill Theatres consists of ten Theatres, delivering complex major Oncology & Transplant Surgery. The Scrub team has an establishment of approximately staff including ODPs, Nurses, Surgical First Assistants, and Support Workers.
You must have experience of working in theatres at a senior level. You must possess proven leadership, organisational skills and be a highly effective role model within the clinical area.
You should have a proven track record of managing change within the clinical setting and be able to influence practice.
You will need to be flexible and adaptable with excellent communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with our current Scrub Sister and other colleagues across SuWOn Theatres to support, Safe Staffing, Governance and Health & Safety in the Perioperative Environment.
The theatre team is committed to improving the quality and safety of the patients experience whilst undergoing both elective and emergency surgery.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an individual who has the desire to develop their leadership and management skills whilst still maintaining a key contribution to patient care within the clinical environment.
This post will require some weekend & cross site working to support Senior Theatre Staffing Rota.
▶️ Theatre Sister/ Charge Nurse - CH Theatres
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📍 Oxford