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Job summary

Main area
Theatre Recovery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
37.5 hours per week (Full time or Part Time considered.)
Job ref
190-7444-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
19/07/2024

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Sister/Charge Nurse/Senior Operating Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

We have an excellent and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and suitably experienced Senior Practitioner/Sister/Charge nurse to Operating Services at Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic, committed and aspirational people who want to do a good job and fulfil their own personal objectives and goals and make a difference to patients and the staff alike.

As we are a highly skilled area you will get support and be mentored into success.  There are opportunities for promotions and training and courses you can attend to gain knowledge and qualifications to aid your practice and maintain high standards.   

 

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from Operating Department Practitioners and Registered Nurses who have extensive experience in Theatres.  

Possession of a Post Basic Qualification or equivalent and specialist competencies is essential. Completion of management/leadership development would be desirable.

Applicants should hold a relevant teaching/mentoring qualification.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate clinical expertise and management and leadership skills. It would be expected that applicants would be able to demonstrate excellent skills in clinical practice and organisational ability, together with superb communication and interpersonal skill.

Please note this advertisement is for both full time and part time opportunities.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

We are open and honest to feedback and encourage our staff to get on board to help us make the changes and improvements we need to improve patient care and encourage their positive experience.

We take staff health and wellbeing seriously and have link staff to assist you throughout the trust as well as offering a range of health and wellbeing services available to support you in your personal life as well as your work.

We want to look after our staff and create a family environment and together we can achieve a department that continues to be successful.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Please note this advertisement is for both permanent and fixed term/secondment opportunities.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 6 Months. Where there is potential, the fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (General Level 1) with valid NMC Registration.
  • Operating department practitioner (City&Guilds 752/ODP level 3 or Diploma/BSC Operating department practice) with valid HCPC registration
  • To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
  • Management experience
  • Completion of Mentor Preparation.
  • Working towards degree level credits in associated pathway
Desirable criteria
  • Post registration specialist course
  • Management and Leadership Qualification.
  • Assessor qualification
  • Relevant Degree.

Apptitude and Attitude

Essential criteria
  • Be Able to demonstrate: Self Motivation
  • Be Able to demonstrate: Reflective Practice
  • Be Able to demonstrate: Asertiveness and Confidence
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to build a cohesive team.
  • Effective handling of critical incidents.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Recruitment and Selection
  • IPR/Appraisal Mechanisms
  • Staff Communication
  • Staff Counselling
  • Staff Development Forums
  • Seamless Surgery
  • Patient Flow
Desirable criteria
  • Human Resource Management Skills
  • Experience of Change Management

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive clinical experience in area of specialism
  • Evidence of setting, implementing and audit of clinical standards.
  • Evidence of promoting high quality clinical practice as expert in the team
  • Evidence of responding to change in a positive manner
  • Ability to demonstrate development of individualised programmes of care.
  • Knowledge of Risk Management.
  • An understanding of the clinical governance agenda
Desirable criteria
  • Development of clinical competencies.
  • Experience of clinical supervision.
  • Involvement in research projects and quality developments.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caroline Dalton
Job title
Lead Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2268816
Additional information

 

 

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