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Clinical:

• To be responsible for the provision of high standards of peri-operative care in Main Theatres. 
• Recruit and retain a workforce qualified to meet the needs of the patients
• Manage staffing day to day to ensure effective use of resources. This includes responsibility for the health roster, annual and study leave, bank and agency usage.
• To deliver and maintain effective communication between all groups of staff both within and external to the department.
• Ensure that all staff in the area receives an annual appraisal and have a personal development plan (PDP). Collate all staff’s PDP’s in order to identify and plan the educational needs of the area.
• Identify and appropriately deal with any staffing issues; such as conduct, performance issues, grievances, sickness absence, within your team, in accordance with trust policies and procedures, in liaison with the Matron
• Maintain awareness of the area budget particularly as it relates to procurement for their specific specialty products and management of the establishment, vacancies and Bank and Agency quota’s. Identify and deliver savings and efficiencies in line with the Theatre and Trust’s objectives.
• Oversee and be responsible for the recruitment and retention of staff in the designated area
• Maintain a safe and acceptable environment for patients, visitors, students and staff, reporting and taking appropriate action on any hazards, incidents, faulty equipment or inadequate standards of cleaning. Coordinate the reporting of all such incidents for the area in liaison with the departments health & Safety lead, and Lead Nurse 
• Collect data and provide essential information in a timely and accurate manner as required in the Main Theatres, by undertaking internal audits eg: WHO checklists brief and de-brief, LocSipps monitoring.
• To ensure safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and in liaison with the pharmacy team.
• Ensure the theatre team is aware and compliant with Trust and Theatre policies and procedures and know how to access the latest versions. Disseminate and promote any changes in policy and procedures in a timely manner. Work within these policies.
• To participate in meetings and project work as identified and delegated by the Matron.
• Deputise for the Matron where required.
• To investigate and respond to informal and formal complaints in a timely manner encouraging an open and learning environment.
• To monitor all incidents that occur within the clinical area undertaking root cause analysis as To manage any changes in practice or learning identified through incident reviews

Expert Clinical Practice 

• To act as a role model of expert clinical practice in the theatre area.
• To be an experienced skilled practitioner, enthusiastic, inspirational and with transferable skills, displayed when regularly undertaking clinical duties. .
• To lead and be responsible for a team comprising qualified and unqualified staff.
• To communicate with carers and relatives to ensure individualized patient centred care is provided.
• Maintain expected standards of documentation including paper and computer records such as CERNER and in accordance with the NMC Standard for Records and Record Keeping. Participate in ensuring the timely and effective use, entry and validation of CERNER care records.
• To foster collaborative relationships and communication within and between the multi-disciplinary team.
• To promote the development of evidenced based peri & post-operative practice.
• To ensure the delivery of high standards of peri-operative care to all patients, monitoring this through spot checks, audits and clinical quality indicators outcome measures.
• Have specific departmental responsibility for one of the following where required:  Health and Safety, Incident Notifications, Risk Assessments, Infection Control and TSSU issues, and to be responsible for regularly communicating performance against these at staff meetings.
• To liaise with other departments in the hospital e.g. Estates, Facilities, Finance, IT, Human Resources to ensure that services supplied are of an acceptable standard and problems identified are registered and addressed. Ongoing or serious problems must be escalated to the Matron

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