Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key results from the job holder

The post holder will demonstrate responsibility for:

• Identifying what is required of self in delivering individualised patient care.
• Developing competencies in self that safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC / AODP Codes of Conduct.
• Participation in the effective use of allocated resources / funding.
• Demonstrating awareness of; and participation in development to meet demands, and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
• Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
• Promoting safe systems, which assure all aspects of risk reduction, complaint with the Health and safety at work act 1974 and the agenda for Clinical Governance.
• Demonstrating an awareness of local/national policies and strategies, and ensure up-to-date working knowledge of legal matters that, may impact within the clinical area.
• Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through application of evidence based practice.
• Participating in self-development and development of less experienced staff to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.

Planning and Organisational Duties

The post holder will participate in, and influence, care delivery by:

• Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
• Identifying, maintaining, evaluating and improving the quality of care through application of evidence based practice within the clinical area.
• Developing sound clinical skills and competency within their defined field working without direct supervision to ensure the application of professional standards in all aspects of care delivery within the clinical environment.
• Demonstrating an awareness of the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing individualised high quality patient care.

 Communications and Key Working Relationships

The post holder will demonstrate effective communication and organisation awareness levels by:

• Using a multimedia approach to influence outcomes.
• Working closely with own team, theatre co-ordinator, senior team leader and matron/theatre manager to promote good work relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintaining compliance with the Data Protection Act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered to.
• Maintaining accurate and legible records of care. To respond to requests for information.
• To receive and pass on information to others, maintaining confidentiality.
• To build and maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues across the division and Trust.
• Maintaining accurate and timely records.
• To communicate effectively with all professions.
• To behave in a professional manner at all times.

Responsibility for Finance

The post holder will participate in:

• Contributing to the effective and efficient utilization of theatre resources identifying shortfalls and liaising with senior team leader / theatre co-ordinator.
• Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service
• Demonstrate awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service

Responsibility for Human Resources

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Adhere to Trust policies and maintenance of the professional Code of Conduct.
• Adherence to legal requirements of Trust, NMC and HPC.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. 

 Maintaining consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.

• Ensuring that all work is carried out in a safe manner with due regard to the Health and safety regulations.
• Ensuring risk assessments of all situations are completed.
• Taking appropriate action and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.
• Maintaining a duty of care towards personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
• Maintaining compliance with the data protection act 1998 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
• Effectively using verbal and written word to influence outcomes.
• Participating in the timely recording of patient documentation ensuring that only accurate and effective data is collected about the care episode.

Responsibility for NHSLA

The post holder will:

• Monitor the standards and quality of care and lead on improvement through benchmarking, audit and research.
• Contribute to the development of clinical policies / procedures / guidelines / standards of care within the theatre department.
• Participation of departmental research and audit.
• Application of evidence based practice within the care delivery.
• Demonstrate under pinning theoretical knowledge within their clinical practice of Infection control, Health and Safety, Ethical and Legal issues.
• Demonstrate adaptability of the role within distinct clinical environments.
• Recognise the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing individualised high quality patient care.
• Demonstrate application of professional standards in all aspects of care delivery within the clinical environment.
• Demonstrate adherence to the NHSLA standards and outcome.
• Demonstrate adherence to CQC essential standards of quality and safety.

Responsibility for Teaching

The post holder will promote life-long learning through the use of appropriate coaching, teaching and assessment in practice by:

• Ensure own clinical credibility by maintaining own professional development and completion of mandatory training session.
• Participate in the induction and subsequent training of new staff members and pre-registration students acting as a mentor to students as required.
• Participate in the development of educational programmes for use within the clinical area.
• Provide education and development opportunities for the team.
• Act as a positive role model at all times.

Work Circumstances & on-call

• Full time 37.5 hours per week
• Internal rotation within the theatres.