Deputy Team Leader- Theatres

We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic scrub practitioner with the appropriate clinical experience to work as Deputy Team Leader for the Acute theatre team. The role will involve leading the theatre scrub team, delivering patient care, and contributing as a scrub practitioner.

Our acute theatre team delivers a 24/7 service that covers multiple surgical specialities. You will work alongside your Band 7 theatre team leader to support our dedicated team and continuously develop our service to provide excellent care for our patients. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a keen interest in improving and developing their leadership skills to enable management of staff, be an effective role model demonstrating high levels of clinical competence & expertise.

You will have a minimum of 3 years’ Band 5 theatre scrub. You should be able to demonstrate involvement in service improvement with some evidence of change management. You will have engaged in personal leadership development and be able to demonstrate skills in time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.

Our Trust is committed to providing development opportunities to all grades of staff and as a Deputy Team Leader you will be supported to develop appropriate leadership skills. Training will be provided by our in house clinical educators and supernumerary time will be offered to allow dedicated training and support. You will be supported in this role by our band 6 development programme, with a skills portfolio to develop your leadership skills.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate and support -

• Theatre Scrub experience.
• Maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept.
• Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
• Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient
• Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct
• Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands
• Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures
• Education and Training for team members

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Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rob Purce Job title: Theatre Team Leader Email address: Sign in to view email Telephone number: 01904 724558