Deputy Team Leader- Theatres | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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 specialties.

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 and expertise.

You will have a minimum of 3 years’ Band 5 theatre scrub experience. 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.

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.
• 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.

This is a demanding role where you will be expected to exhibit knowledge of how we work towards our Trust's vision and be a real team player. High levels of communication will be required and there is an expectation that deputy team leaders will coordinate the workload in conjunction with other members of the multidisciplinary team. Our service is expanding rapidly - you will need to be adaptive and willing to cover the shift pattern required to run the service and have the capacity to go the extra mile. We currently cover a 24/7 surgical service with various shift patterns encompassing both in and out of hours working.

Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at the hospital site. Remote interviews will not be available. The validity of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN will be checked before shortlisting - inaccuracies in NMC PIN details will mean your application will not be progressed.

Interested candidates are encouraged to make contact with the Recruiting Manager to have an informal discussion about the role. A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust, across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence. Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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