Lead Scrub Nurse - Orthopaedics

Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday with some Saturday shifts as required.

Theatre Scrub Lead

Main Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and development by ensuring the use of evidence based practise and clinical standards.
• Providing a safe working environment for patients and team members
• Ensuring that pathways are delivered to the standard and quality expected of the hospital.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement which focuses on the provision of high quality safe and effective care.
• Maintaining CQC standards
• Satisfactory audit and clinical practise and documentation
• Completion of own and team members competencies assessment
• Ensure supplies and equipment are ordered/maintained and used efficiently by liaising with the supplies team
• Deputise in absence of theatre lead

Theatre Scrub Lead should meet the following criteria :

• Registered with the NMC/HCPC
• High standards of clinical competence
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability of leading a team to work effectively and independently
• Demonstrated customer service & interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated computer skills- MS Office suits, HRIS, audit tools and other portals.
• Ability to plan equipment and consumable requirement

Desirable

• Experience in orthopaedics, hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty and anterior cruciate ligaments reconstruction would be an advantage but not essential
• Private Healthcare experience