Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Theatre lead/Team Manager Provide professional clinical leadership and operational management of the Main Operating Theatres including any off-site services.
• Act as Duty coordinator , managing the department, organising emergency surgery requests, ensuring the efficient running of elective operating lists, allocating staff and resources.
• Day to day management of the Theatre Workforce ensuring a cohesive approach to a timely, effective, and quality service for patients.
• Be responsible for working with staff to develop the service to improve both utilisation, daily patient flow, maximise efficiency and the patient experience.
• Provide specialist care, support and advice to patients and staff in the Operating Theatre.

·       Working collaboratively with Senior theatre leaders and provide information on delays, start times, and late finishes, and minimising wasted resources in relation to staffing and equipment.

·       To act as scrub team leader, organising and overseeing smooth running of lists

·       Be responsible for an identified group of staff, development, training, monitoring, and documenting the development of their clinical skills

·       Collect data and provide essential information in a timely and accurate manner as required in theatres by undertaking internal audits eg. WHO checklists brief and de-brief. Locsipps monitoring and updating.

·       Ensure the theatre team is aware and compliant with the Trust and Theatre policies and procedures and they know how to access latest version

·       To establish, lead and maintain high standard of pre/peri and post-operative care

·       To be able to give expert clinical advise as required

·       Ensure all equipment and theatre kit is resourced, serviced, maintained and available for theatre lists

·       Ensure best practice initiatives are shared within the Department and across the trust. Provide specialist advice and clinical care to patients and lead and support the multi-disciplinary team on a regular basis i.e.

·    Operating and manipulating delicate, specialist and expensive equipment.

·    Accepting patients into the department and ensuring that the Trust Medicines Policy.

·       Collection, labelling and processing specimens.

·       Cleaning and stocking theatre and theatre equipment. Ensuing all estates issues are reported and resolved in line with health and safety of the department.

· Perform clinical procedures,catheterisation, laryngeal mask insertion, IM injections.

·    Checking, ordering, documenting, administering and handling of controlled drugs.

· Drug preparation and administration according to the Trust Medicines policy.

·       Monitoring of patient’s vital signs.

·       Patient transfer and positioning for clinical procedures.

·       Assembling and checking instrumentation.

·  Decontamination and sterilisation of theatre equipment e.g. Endoscopy.

·       Acting as scrub person, surgical assistant, circulating person and Anaesthetic Practitioner, Recovery Practitioner dependent upon qualifications, knowledge and experience Registered Practitioner.

·       Engaging in the theatre weekly 6-4-2 and scheduling process to ensure all lists are staffed and appropriate kit ordered.

·       To ensure delivery of high standards of peri-operative care to all patients through spot checks, audits and clinical quality indicators outcome measures. Including oversight of Health and safety within the peri -operative environment, risk assessments, infection control and prompt investigation of incident notification.