Scrub Team Leader - Elective Orthopaedics | North Bristol NHS Trust

Scrub Team Leader for Elective Orthopaedics (Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners). We are looking for Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners who have substantial experience of working within an Elective Orthopaedic Scrub Team.

You must be proficient in scrubbing for Elective Orthopaedic cases. Experience of leading the Team on a shift basis is essential. You must be highly motivated, organised, have excellent communication and clinical skills and be able to work effectively alongside the established teams to deliver holistic patient care.

The successful candidate will be required to work a full, rotational shift pattern, we are unable to offer fixed shift patterns.

• Act as the Team Leader and take direct responsibility for the day-to-day management of a clinical area.
• Act as a deputy to the Band 7 to facilitate the delivery of effective clinical practice, ensuring that all patients receive the highest possible standard of care.
• Provide expert, patient focused care in the Elective Orthopaedic theatre setting in accordance with Trust policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Organise and prioritise care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, delivering a high level of care.
• Facilitate effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team and associate departments.
• Demonstrate leadership and act as a professional role model ensuring that a professional approach is maintained by all team members at all times.
• Address members of staff behaving inappropriately and manage any conflict arising in the absence of the Clinical Coordinator.
• Support and educate colleagues including student nurses, student Operating Department Practitioners, medical students and junior medical colleagues.
• Facilitate the Annual Development and Review process for an identified group of colleagues.

Care Management

• Adheres to the NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct at all times.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in the care of patients receiving treatment in the theatre environment.
• Carries the Theatre Coordinator phone as required, keeping clinical teams informed of workflows, resolving any issues and conflicts and promoting positive team dynamics at all times.
• Manages the clinical workload effectively, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the needs of the patients on an ongoing basis.
• Acts as a resource to others, providing accurate information, advice and supports the multidisciplinary team, patients and their carers.
• Ensures that accurate patient records are maintained and reflect changes in the patients ongoing condition and changing care needs.
• Ensures that patients and their carers are updated regularly with accurate information, delivered in a manner that is sensitive to their needs.
• Ensures that clinical guidelines are implemented and are actively audited in conjunction with the Clinical Matron, Clinical Coordinators and Perioperative Education Team.
• Maintains and promotes high standards of cleanliness within the department and reports deficits to the Clinical Coordinator.
• Ensures that practice is evidence based and supports with the development of departmental policies and Standard Operating procedures.

Quality Management

• Actively supports the implementation of the Trust / nursing strategy.
• Uphold high standards of patient care in accordance with Trust policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Develops own competence in recruitment and retention, sickness management and performance management as determined by line manager.
• Actively supports the process of risk management and Health & safety upholding relevant policies to promote this and ensuring that incidents are reported using the DATIX system.
• Make a positive contribution to service development and act as a positive role model for change.
• Actively promote customer care, assisting with the local resolution of (informal) complaints and supporting the Clinical Coordinators/Band 7 investigate formal complaints.

Information Management

• Collects, records and manages information using both paper based and IT systems.
• Makes use of relevant information in decision making, problem solving and care management.
• Ensures that colleagues maintain strict confidentiality of patient records in line with Trust policy and Data Protection Act.
• Challenges any breaches in confidentiality and reports to the Clinical Coordinator.
• Uses Trust IT systems to disseminate important information to colleagues at all levels.

Staff Management

• Assists with the ongoing organisation of the unit, including taking responsibility for a designated area of practice within a department on a daily basis to ensure optimal theatre utilisation at all times.
• Carries the unit bleep as required, keeping Coordinators and colleagues informed of patient flow, managing problems and conflicts and maintaining positive team dynamics.
• Takes a leadership role in emergency situations.
• Maintains the confidentiality of personal information pertaining to staff.
• Attends and contributes to departmental, cross department and multidisciplinary team meetings and working groups.
• Acts as a mentor to junior staff members.

Professional Development

• Works within and accepts responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence commensurate with job role and developing service requirements ensuring clinical currency as technology and ways of working develop.
• Keep up to date with NMC/HCPC standards, Trust policies, Standard Operating Procedures and guidelines and adhere to these at all times.
• Demonstrate an insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of identifying own educational needs in conjunction with the Clinical Coordinators and Perioperative Education Team.
• Participate in own Appraisal and Development Review and after training be responsible for undertaking the appraisal process for own team of junior staff.

Working Conditions / Effort

• A requirement to act as a professional role model.
• A need to respond to frequently changing needs of the theatres.
• Exposure to distressing and emotional situations.
• Frequently standing for long periods.
• Manual handling and postural demands.
• Exposure to potential violent and aggressive behaviour.
• Contact with blood and body fluids.
• Requirement to wear PPE.
• The need to use highly developed skills and demonstrates a high level of manual dexterity.
• A requirement to concentrate and remain focused for extended periods of time.