Theatre Team Leader

Band 6

Permanent

Full Time hours per week

The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, required

to participate in the Directorate internal rotation programme. To provide support and knowledge to patients within the speciality. Acts as a role model, demonstrating effective organisational, clinical and leadership skills. To undertake scrub, recovery and anaesthetic duties, as required, meeting service delivery requirements.

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based practice care.
• Provide management and organisation of a clinical area of the theatre.
• Participate in the education, development and line management of other staff members.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and

when appropriate their families.

• Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page .

Clinical Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessment of peri-operative patient care needs, plan,

implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs /

technology and varying levels of complexity.

• Collect, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records to enable

effective care delivery.

• Involve the multidisciplinary team and where possible patients and carers/relatives in the

planning and delivery of care.

• Work collaboratively with other professionals and departments to ensure patient needs

are met, especially with regard to efficient enhancement of the patient journey within the

speciality.

• Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team, patients

and carers/relatives.

• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations,
• Treat all information regarding clients and patients as confidential.

Managerial / Leadership Responsibilities

• Act as an effective role model.
• Lead a team, organising and co-ordinating the daily care delivery.
• Deputise for the Speciality Leader in their absence.
• Accept delegated line management responsibilities of other team members including

performance development reviews and provide counselling & support where necessary.

• Support the Speciality Leader to maximise best use of clinical resources, implementing best

practice in patient flow, and the patient's journey.

• Participate in the interviewing of staff for theatre teams.
• Promotes the development of services within the speciality area and assist the Speciality

Leader to implement change.

• Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources: reporting

fluctuations and developments in a timely manner.

• Monitor health, safety and security of self and others.
• Promote best practice in the theatre area.