Team Leader - Scrubs

Are you are looking for the opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic team at a leading London teaching hospital to develop your existing nursing skills?
If so, please read on as King's College Hospital wants to invest in YOU!, You will be responsible for a clinical speciality, manage your clinical workload and resources effectively. You will maintain a high standard of clinical work and expert holistic care to both perioperative patients and their relatives within their care. This role also requires a reassuring manner and the understanding of the rights, dignity and safeguarding of all patients. You will also act as a clinical resource within the unit and across Care Group as necessary and have excellent and efficient scrub skills.
Your role will include ensuring compliance with our clinical governance framework, motivating colleagues, championing service user safety and dignity and driving continuous improvement. The candidate will take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of or as delegated by the Lead Nurse or Service manager.
Furthermore, you will act as a positive role model to junior staff members, will have a team of staff to manage and contribute to developing their skills and competence in theatre., 1. To adhere to the NMC / HPC Code of Professional Conduct at all times.
2. To demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of any patients receiving treatment in the department.
3. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of patients on an ongoing basis, co-ordinating the care given by all members of the clinical team.
4. To accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients' condition, instigate appropriate remedial action and promptly report changes.
5. To act as a resource person to others, providing accurate information, advice and support to the multidisciplinary team, patients and their relatives.
6. To ensure that accurate records are maintained reflecting both changes in the patient's condition and the treatment delivered.
7. To ensure that patients and their relatives are updated regularly with accurate information, and ensure that this is presented in a sensitive way and one that they understand.
8. To ensure that Clinical Guidelines are implemented and to be actively involved in auditing practice in conjunction with Line Manager and practice development staff.
9. To ensure that practice is evidence based and with support assist in the development of policies and protocols within the clinical area.
10. To uphold high standards of perioperative care, according to existing policies and standards.
11. To support the process of continuous quality improvement, assisting in audits etc to formally evaluate standards of care and assist in the implementation of changes in the light of such findings.
12. To organise patient transfers both within and outside the department, escorting ill patients as requested.
13. To contribute to the health education of patients and their families, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate advice and support to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
14. To actively support the implementation of the Trust nursing / local perioperative strategy and uphold the ethos of the local philosophy., 1. To act as a mentor to junior staff members, responsible for the orientation, supervision and ongoing development of junior and student learners, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development staff.
2. To act as practice supervisor / assessor, responsible for completing competency documents for junior staff within agreed timeframes.
3. To act as a mentor to students undertaking further education as requested, ensuring a positive learning experience and facilitating the development of their clinical skills.
4. To contribute to the wider educational activities within the Care Group - ensuring attendance at and contributing to the delivery of educational activities to the Multi-disciplinary team within the Care Group.
5. To promote and encourage the application of research and of evidence based practices.
6. To participate in any research projects conducted in the clinical area as appropriate.
7. To act as "link nurse"(i.e. for infection control, tissue viability) ensuring attendance at and contribution to Trust wide meeting and responsible for ensuring dissemination of relevant information from these to all staff within the Unit.
Management
1. To manage the clinical workload effectively, ensuring care is prioritised appropriately.
2. To contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand and assisting the clinical co-ordinators to keep within agreed resources.
3. To assist with the ongoing organisation of the unit, including responsibility for a designated area of practice within department on a daily basis, to ensure optimal theatre utilisation at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge of patients.
4. To act as a team leader to an identified group of staff, monitoring and documenting the development of their clinical skills.
5. To develop own skills in recruitment and retention, sickness management and performance management as determined by line manager.
6. To actively support the process of risk management and health & safety - upholding relevant policies to promote this and ensuring incidents are reported appropriately (in writing) and helping identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff.
7. To make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area and positively influence other to adapt to change.
8. To actively promote customer care, assisting in resolving local (informal) complaints and supporting the clinical co-ordinators to investigate formal problems.
9. To assist with the monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment, resolving any shortfall as appropriate.
10. To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, actioning remedy as appropriate and reporting deficits to Matron and/ or Service Manager, as appropriate.
11. To communicate varied and complicated information (verbally and in writing) in a way that is understood and gets the important facts across.
12. To carry the Unit bleep as required, resolving local problems/ conflicts, keeping managers/others informed and maintaining positive team dynamics across the Care Group at all times.
13. To take a leadership role in crisis situations, resolving problems as necessary.
14. To maintain confidentiality with regard to personal information pertaining to staff.
15. To attend and contribute to departmental meetings as required.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated nurse/ODP to join King's Day Surgery Theatres Scrub Team, to provide the highest standard of intra-operative care to patients.
We are seeking an experienced scrub practitioner to join our team. Our ideal candidate will need to have extensive General Surgery, Paediatrics and Endoscopy scrub experience. We care for both adult and paediatric patients in the department.
Please note that we undertake terminations of pregnancy and that this is a job requirement within the unit. Any successful candidate will be expected to work within these lists.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley., King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible., + Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy
+ All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
+ Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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