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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
About
Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire - stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.
- They employ 2,900 staff and have 400 committed volunteers
- In a year they treat 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients
- Our Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 51,000 patients every year
- Around 2,600 babies are born each year at the hospital
They provide services from their main hospital site and at other locations across the community, in sites owned by their Primary Care Trusts. The PCTs commission health services from them for the patients within their GP practices and the three main PCT’s referring patients to us are – NHS Bradford and Airedale, NHS North Yorkshire and York and NHS East Lancashire.
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Acute/Trauma Theatre Team Lead (Band 6)
Closed for applications on: 11-May-2023 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 11-May-2023 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Postcode
- BD20 6TD
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Theatres
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The Sister/Charge Nurse/Charge ODP is to work as a skilled member of the Acute/Trauma theatre team, providing a high standard of clinical care.
The Sister/Charge Nurse/Charge ODP is required to work shifts Mon – Fri during day shifts and expected to participate in the provision of a 24 hour theatre service, taking charge of the department outside normal working hours when required.
The Sister/Charge Nurse/Charge ODP must retain the ability to work flexibly by maintaining a high level of skills in 2 areas of practice (scrub specialties, anaesthetics or recovery) and at least one area of advanced practice or must commence advanced training within 6 months
Where the Sister/Charge Nurse/CODP is required to practice as a Surgical First Assistant role they must have evidence of completion of an appropriate, competency based training prior to selection for this post
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1. Participate in the planning, implementation and assessing of patient care.
2. Work as a flexible theatre practitioner in full support of the theatre team
3. Ensure that all documentation is completed accurately, legibly, and confidentiality is maintained.
4. Maintain NMC/HCPC registration and practice within the code of professional conduct where applicable.
5. Perform operating department duties in accordance with agreed policies.
6. Adhere to guidelines and policies pertaining to the safe administration and storage of medicines within the department.
7. Participate in the provision of 24hr cover of the department as directed by the Clinical Theatre Manager / Matron / Patient Service Manager.
8. When required participate in the interdepartmental rotation within your scope of practice.
9. Ensure Maintenance of good working relationships, communication and teamwork with all disciplines within the theatre department, wards / departments in the hospital.
10. Participate in the training a development of junior staff including scrub healthcare support workers.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy please see attached full job description and person specification.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN, RODP
Desirable criteria
- An anaesthetic qualification that is AAGBI recognised. SLIPs Surgical first assistant
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous theatre experience
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post grad experience
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Tilley
- Job title
- Clinical Theatre Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292303
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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