Job summary
Employer heading
Lead Theatre Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
We are looking for a Band 7 Nurse/ODP to support the delivery of the Divisional and Trust clinical governance agenda, relating to patient safety, clinical risk, and clinical outcomes in NOTSSCaN theatres.
The successful Candidate will require a minimum of 5 years theatre experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will maintain and implement effective governance
processes within the Directorate, to provide assurance on the quality of
patient care, and facilitate the Directorate’s plans for improvement.
The post holder will maintain their clinical expertise by working 20%
clinically to support the senior management team.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
NOTSSCaN theatres comprise of 27 operating theatres and associated Satellite sites across 3 sites. We deliver highly specialized care to adults and Children, we are a major trauma center and referral center for many other specialist services.
The assurance coordinator will work alongside the multidisciplinary teams to provide a safe and effective environment for our patients and staff.
Please refer to the job description for further details. Informal visits are warmly welcomed
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in theatre practice.
- Educated to degree level
- Has worked as a band 6 in the theatre environment/critical care
- Has an understanding of clinical governance and assurance
- Professional registration
Desirable criteria
- PG cert or working towards a higher qualification
- Previous experience of working in assurance and governance
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Libi Babu
- Job title
- Deputy Matron West Wing theatre
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 231321
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