About this role
Job summary
We areseekingan experienced, motivated, andforward-thinkingRecovery Team Leaderto join our dynamic perioperative team. This is a key leadership role within a busy, multispecialty theatre environment, supportinghigh-qualitypost-anaestheticcare across a wide range of surgical services including general, orthopaedic, gynaecology, obstetrics, urology,ENTand breast surgery.
As Recovery Team Leader, you will coordinate theday-to-dayrunning of the recovery unit, ensuring safe, efficient, andpatient-centredcare. You will act as a clinical role model, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to the recovery team while fostering a positive, collaborative culture.
Main duties of the job
Lead and coordinate the recovery unit across multiple surgical specialities, ensuring safe staffing and smooth patient flow.
Providehigh-qualityclinical care and act as an expert resource forpost-anaestheticandpost-operativemanagement.
Support staff development through coaching, supervision, competency assessment, andidentifyingtraining needs.
Promote staff wellbeing, engagement, and retention through effective communication, visibility, and supportive leadership.
Work closely with theatre coordinators, anaesthetists, surgeons, and wider MDT tomaintainhigh standardsof care and operational efficiency.
Contribute to service improvement initiatives, audit, and quality assurance activities.
Ensure compliance with clinical governance, infection control, and health & safety standards.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Excellent clinical skills within specialty Proven Senior Recovery Practitioner level with knowledge of list suite management Team Development Teaching experience
Desirable
Proven experience as Senior Recovery Practitioner level with evidence of leadership and management experience.
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse Part 1 Evidence of Post registration qualification/specialist development. Mentorship qualification
Desirable
Undertaken or willing to undertake recognised management course Recovery Specialist Practice Award or similar
Knowledge Essential
Problem solving approach Day to day management responsibilities Demonstrate knowledge of resource management within team Demonstrate excellent clinical skills within the post-operative setting
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 Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Ipswich Hospital
Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)