Senior Scrub Team Leader inBrentford inBrentford PUBLISHED 9 DEC 2023

Management duties and responsibilities

• The Theatre Manager will encourage, develop and enhance the skills and knowledge of others and self. You will ensure that Clinical Governance and Risk management are embedded within daily practice and promote best evidence-based practice within own scope of practice.
• As Theatre Lead you will ensure there is a high standard of nursing care and safety for patients within the theatre unit, using evidence based practice. In addition to this, you will also develop an environment conducive to the delivery and promotion of a high standard of patient care. This will include ensuring all staff are appropriately skilled and trained and there is a skills development programme, if necessary, in place.
• You will maintain a high visibility within the clinical area. Manage staff effectively to prevent skill mix discrepancies that may impede patient flow and theatre efficiency
• Liaise with all departments from the admissions office, to the recovery ward to ensure that the theatre list is managed timely, effectively, and proactively. That all instruments and equipment required is available and in full working order. All changes or issues communicated appropriately.
• Proactively participates in the Financial and Resource management of the department. This covers, at the very least, ensuring that appropriately trained and skilled staff are available for procedures, and that financially the department is viable, with good cost effective management of all theatre resources (both human and material) within an agreed budget
• Develop and implement local protocols, contribute to future development planning of the department.
• Manage and escalate where necessary issues and complaints with associated, written reports, including recommendations on required actions as appropriate.

Patient Pathway Planning

• Competently manage the department to enable effective and safe patient scheduling which allows for prompt theatre starts with appropriate theatre teams.
• Work with and support the whole surgical team to reduce gaps between cases and Minimise cancellations

You will ensure that the following is competently managed:

• the Five Steps to Safer Surgery initiative including the WHO Surgical Safety checklists are performed and adhered to
• Surgeons Preference cards
• Oversee the safe handling, storage/security and administration of drugs within all areas of the peri-operative care setting (i.e. anaesthetics, theatre, and recovery)
• Ensure regular checks and maintenance of equipment and ensure its safe use, reporting any faults immediately

Monitoring and Reporting

• The Theatre Lead will monitor and assist in the delivery of patient care and provide appropriate clinical and managerial leadership throughout the department. You will act as a role model and mentor to clinical staff providing advice and support to others to promote good practice consistent with legislation and hospital policies.
• Manage recruitment of Contracted, Bank or Agency staff. Ensuring that they attend/receive induction training and all mandatory training. receive a departmental induction
• Managing staffs performance using the appraisal process
• Manage enquiries concerns and complaints from patients and visitors in a courteous, timely and relevant manner, informing the Theatre Manager when appropriate actions have been taken, or when necessary referring an enquiry to a more appropriate member of the management team. This includes all safeguarding issues.

Key Competencies

Clinical Competencies:

• Recent Theatre Scrubbing experience
• Experience with Orthopaedic theatre work
• Registered Clinician

Human Resource management:

• Performance management
• Managing against a budget
• Leading & developing a team
• Information collection and management
• Planning, organising and ability to think ahead and anticipate issues

Personal Competencies:

• Customer service orientated which requires Building relationships with key external stakeholders (e.g. Consultants and GPs)
• Ability to understand and work in a politically sensitive environment, achieving results without compromising the company, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and be comfortable dealing with and implementing changing priorities
• Hands on approach to meeting service needs not just in relating to referral management but across the service
• Problem solving
• Decision making skills
• Able to show Initiative where pertinent
• Reliable and Confidential
• Flexibility within role
• Attention to detail

Healthshare is a successful provider of clinical and diagnostic services to the NHS and private sectors across various locations throughout the country. We are seeking to recruit a Senior Scrub Team Leader to work in our operating team at Healthshare Clinic West London. The post holder will provide leadership and direction to the operating theatre team, ensuring a safe, efficient and effective perioperative service is provided to patients and consultants users. The role includes clinical practice, human resources management, financial management and procurement. The post holder will ensure that professional and national standards are met and will act as a positive role model to junior staff following Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines and recommendations.

• Provide leadership and management for theatre department
• Develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders both internally within Healthshare and externally e.g. consultants, suppliers, local NHS Trusts
• Build effective controls for the monitoring and management of the nursing, ODP and HCA staff, and deliver effective action plans for continuous skills improvement
• Ensure the Key Performance Indicator targets are achieved by the theatre department
• Provide effective deployment of resources needed to sustain agreed activity levels