Medirooms Team Leader

Band 6 Mediroom Team Leader (Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners)

At North Bristol NHS Trust we have 34 operating theatres and interventional suites delivering a wide range of pioneering surgery. The Medirooms are at the centre of all operating theatre activity, with patients being admitted, receiving post-operative care and being discharged to their home, wards or HDU/ICU departments.

We are looking for Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners who have substantial experience of working within the Medirooms Team; this can be either on a substantive contract or on a regular temporary staffing basis (via NBT eXtra).

You must be proficient in caring for patients pre and post-surgery including admission and discharge processes, immediate post-operative care and complex/high dependency care. 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.

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 Medi-room 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

Possess excellent skills in providing the often sensitive and highly emotive
information given to patients and relatives.
- 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

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

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 perioperative department
- Carries the Mediroom 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.
- Organises patient transfers both within the department and to other areas, escorting sick patients as required.

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 determines by line manager
- Actively supports the process of risk management and Health & safety upholding relevant policies to pro