Band 6 Deputy Team Leader - Theatres

This Band 6 Deputy Team Leader post in theatres at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust covers scrub and circulating work and standing in for the team leader. The postholder assesses patient care needs, leads the team in the team leader's absence and oversees tissue and organ storage. Work spans trauma, colorectal, vascular, urology, renal, plastics and liver transplantation, with nights, weekends and on-call duties.

Registration as a nurse or operating department practitioner is required.

• Assess care needs for all patients and ensure planned care is implemented and evaluated
• Lead the multidisciplinary team in the absence of the Team Leader
• Provide specialist advice without direct supervision
• Help lead and develop an identified group of practitioners in the department
• Deputise for the Band 7 as required
• Take responsibility for storing tissue and organs under the Human Tissue Act 2004, including incident reporting and audit
• Follow the NMC or HCPC Code of Professional Conduct and departmental and Trust policies
• Act as Theatre Coordinator during out-of-hours and weekends
• Work nights, weekends and bank holidays on internal rotation
• Take part in the on-call rota as required

• Recognised postgraduate theatre course (ENB 176 or EBP)
• Practice assessor or supervisor course (e.g. mentorship)

• Registration as a nurse (NMC) or operating department practitioner (HCPC)

• Significant scrub and circulating experience at Band 5 or above
• Awareness of clinical issues within the theatre department
• Extensive clinical skills in specialities such as trauma, colorectal, vascular, urology, renal, plastics and liver transplantation

• Good written, numeracy and verbal communication skills
• Working as part of a team within set boundaries
• Prioritising workload
• Working under pressure and managing difficult situations
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills

• Meeting the Trust World Class Care values
• Integrity, professionalism and resilience, acting as a positive role model

• Budgetary experience, particularly staff and consumable costs
• Experience managing junior staff, including appraisal, performance, absence, selection and recruitment
• Computer skills, including Cerner, EPR and IT systems
• Positive and motivated, with attention to detail

• Flexible hours
• Generous benefits
• Next level training
• Support from Team Leaders, Practice Educators and Matrons to develop staff