About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Gynaecology Team Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will lead the Gynaecology Main Theatres team, demonstrating strong clinical expertise in perioperative care and working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team. You will be competent to scrub and circulate across Gynaecology Main Theatres, including CMR robotic surgery, with flexibility to support the Treatment Centre and other theatre areas when required.
You will support the safe and efficient delivery of routine and emergency theatre services, including out-of-hours and on-call commitments. You will also provide clinical leadership across areas such as Obstetrics, A&E and X-Ray, ensuring excellent communication and continuity of care across the multidisciplinary team.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Ensure the effective and economical use of resources, contributing to stock control and rationalisation while supervising staff within designated areas.
Maintain accountability for the safe use and upkeep of routine and specialist equipment, organising staff to maximise efficiency in routine and emergency theatre sessions and ensuring information is accessible to staff, patients and the public.
Provide leadership as Theatre Coordinator, managing all theatre areas and upholding high standards of health, safety and infection control.
Plan, implement and evaluate peri-operative care within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring practice aligns with Trust policy and current evidence.
Safely receive, transfer and position patients; prepare, administer and monitor prescribed medications; and maintain all equipment and materials required for procedures.
Support, monitor and care for patients during and immediately after surgery, contributing to emergency care when needed.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification in the applicant pack. this contains detailed main duties and responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
RGN and/or ODP Registration with NMC/HPC Evidence of continuing professional development Mentorship / preceptorship qualification Relevant robotic training/experience (CMR/DeVinci) (Diploma/BSc)
Desirable
Management qualification Appraisal management
Previous Experience Essential
Relevant experience at band 6 or equivalent Participation in formulation of procedures to ensure best practise Teaching and assessing Experience in a specialised area of theatre work Implementation of personal development plans
Desirable
Peri-operative practice multi skilled in anaesthetics/recovery/scrub Management experience Managing a team Management of more than one theatre area Experience in appraisal techniques
Skills Essential
Must have Gynae & Robotics experience (CMR) Can perform in the role of scrub and circulating assistant Adaptable and flexible approach to work Demonstrates clear communication Can effectively and efficiently run a suite of theatres Can delegate work when appropriate Can organise and prioritise Can participate in the audit process Can perform effectively in an emergency situation Places value on the patient experience Has specialist skills in a relevant area of theatre work
Desirable
Has leadership skills Can develop a group of people into a team Can participate in resource management
Knowledge Desirable
Can implement research based practise. Knows of patient focused approach Knows of patient focused approach How to understand and manage budgets
Other Requirements Essential
Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff Role model our Trust values every day Be able work within an environment which where you will be exposed to blood, body tissue and body fluids. Be able to work in close proximity to patients undergoing open and closed operative procedures Be able to concentrate for long periods of time Able to work in an environment with high levels of physical activity
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)