Clinical Lead

2 weeks ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

At Colchester hospital we are looking for a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated leader to join our Constable Theatres team as Clinical Lead. Constable Theatres take on the majority of elective orthopaedics cases and a few gynaecology and breast patients.

We need a unique person to provide inspirational leadership, be positively welcoming, effective and act as a credible role model to staff in the department. You are required to have theatres experience and it would be desirable to have orthopaedic skills.

We are a department that champions the development of our staff, offering on the job training and courses to our employees, assisted by our strong links with universities in the area. In this role you will be supported in your training and development. You will be supported in your role by the theatres Matron, Clinical Educator and the other Clinical Leads.

If you have the clinical leadership to inspire, motivate and empower our theatre staff, as well as commitment to providing a quality service, then this is the role for you.

In 2024 elective orthopaedic surgical services will transfer to our brand new state-of-the-art specialist centre for elective orthopaedics at Colchester Hospital.

As a Theatres Clinical Lead, you will support the Matron in optimising the operational management of theatres including the management of all staff within the area. You will act as a role model, mentor and adviser to all theatres staff you manage.

As an already developed senior theatre practitioner, you will have advanced specialist knowledge and skills and expertise in clinical practice. You will assist in the education and development of other members of staff and support clinical excellence by developing student learning. You will also collaborate with the theatres leadership team in developing and reviewing the theatre services.

You will promote multi-disciplinary working to assist in the delivery of a patient-centred, clinically effective patient care. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well-organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change. You will also possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

The quality of patient care and efficient use of all operating theatres is wholly dependent on the effective utilisation of clinical resources. The primary purpose of these posts is to support clinically the management of the theatre services. It is expected that each post holder will ensure equal and clear division of responsibilities throughout all speciality needs, maintaining service continuity during periods of absence, for example, annual leave.

Each post holder will support the matron in optimising the operational management of theatres including the management of senior staff. The post holder will co-ordinate the provision of a timely, high standard, cost effective and safe theatre service, developing collaborative relationships between the multi-professional team and geographical areas, which supports the patients journey.

The post holder will work under the direction of the matron to ensure that through continuous quality assurance, services are modernised to provide a positive patient experience and improve staff satisfaction.

Clinical Leads will, under the guidance of the matron, work alongside the Student Facilitator and Training and Education Lead and nominated clinicians to facilitate achievement of the Divisions Clinical Governance Strategy.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.



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