Cardiothoracic Theatre Specialty Lead inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED
TUE 22 OCT 2024
Key aspects of the position involve excellent communication skills for effective service maintenance, advising staff on policies and clinical governance, managing both clinical and non-clinical challenges, and overseeing the education and training of staff. The role also requires the ability to handle unexpected clinical events and support patients and staff in difficult situations, all while promoting adherence to health and safety regulations within the Trust.
The post holder will be an experienced scrub and/or anaesthetic practitioner who has a passion for Cardiothoracic Surgery with excellent leadership and clinical skills. They need to be able to effectively manage a team and provide clinical leadership and management support to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met. The post holder as a clinical expert will also be required to act within their professional boundaries to provide care for patients. They will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary care team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures whilst working closely with the senior management team. The service strives to develop and supports Robotic Thoracic surgery and key to providing a service as a Major Trauma centre.
1. Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies always.
2. Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high-quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.
3. A knowledgeable leader, supporting staff and users, service and policy development within a defined area/specialty.
4. A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice
5. Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes. Carry bleep-holder responsibilities if appropriate.
About us
- Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring; equipment management and defined expanded clinical roles e.g. suturing.
- Responsible for education and training provision of identified staff groups, patients and carers within defined areas.
- Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.
- Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
- Support patients, carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.
- Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards
For further details please see the attached job description.
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