Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Leadership
•Work with the team to ensure the delivery of high quality evidenced based care
•Work collaboratively across the directorate to promote a customer focused culture acting as a role model.
•Support the team in the delivery of Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Quality assurance initiatives
•Monitor and intervene to ensure adherence to the NMC and HPC Codes of conduct.
•Foster effective and efficient working relationships across the multidisciplinary team, role modelling excellent communication skills
•Work alongside the team to ensure that the department functions safely and to capacity on a day to day basis
•Is clinically and professionally up-to-date with current trends and developments in clinical speciality.
•Ensure strict adherence to behavioural codes and intervene as indicated
•Implement any learning from complaints and compliments received

Managerial and Professional Leadership
•Support the directorate in ensuring the optimum use of the theatre resource.
•Take an overview of the duty rosters for the department
•Allocate and agree annual leave in line with Trust policy, working to the local policy for leave
•Encourage the staff and role model in terms of flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing demands to meet access targets
•Delegate and empower staff without abdicating overall, continuing responsibility
•Monitor all patient related documentation to ensure it is completed correctly, accurately and contemporaneously.
•Monitor all systems for transferring information between team members to ensure all staff is aware of any relevant situations or changes to the way of working.

Financial and Performance Management
•Support the in the management of the budget for Pay and Non Pay
•Act responsibly when utilising the Department’s resources to ensure sound financial stewardship.
•Have an awareness and understanding of the Department’s budget and spend.
•Identify ways to ensure value for money and potential CIP ideas
•Support the directorate in the delivery of the cost improvement programme
•Work with the procurement team to ensure efficacious management of stock levels, working to the full implementation of a materials management system
•Work to minimise the use of agency staff in line with Trust process
•To support in raising the profile of the Operating Department
•Make sure all safety check are carried out according to the manufacturer’s instructions and signed for as appropriate. Any faults with equipment are acted on and reported appropriately
•Identify the need for new specialised equipment and support with the preparation of a business case.

Personal/ Professional Development
To ensure own professional registration is maintained and keep up to date with current requirements
•Take responsibility for maintaining own professional growth, identifying training needs and maintaining a portfolio of Continuing Professional Development in keeping with the requirements for registration
•Maintain up to date knowledge utilising literature, journals and technical guides.
•Complete mandatory training as required by the Trust and adhere to all local and trust policies
•Exercise professional accountability at all times and to be aware of own development needs/ limitations and actively seek to address these and raise awareness in others