Neuro Theatre Clinical Manager - Scrub

Clinical Practice • To work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and Procedures • To act as an expert for the care of a specified group of patients, providing effective leadership, acting as a positive role model and demonstrating advanced specialist practitioner skills. • To ensure compassionate care is delivered at all times in designated clinical area. To take remedial steps where this is not consistently delivered. • To ensure patient privacy and dignity is maintained at all time and to be complaint with single sex accommodation. • To communicate effectively with patients, their relatives and carers and all healthcare personnel • To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, taking every opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle. • To promote a holistic and multi disciplinary approach to care, ensuring continuity of care. • In conjunction with the matron and other clinical co-ordinators within Inpatient Theatres, to develop clinical policies and protocols relevant to the area, ensuring that practice is evidence based • To be responsible for compliance with key quality indicators within designated clinical area. To activate remedial plan to improve any non compliance, ensuring involvement and engagement of the matron Education and Research • To ensure the development and provision of a good quality clinical learning environment that supports students and continuing professional development. • To be responsible for ensuring that a professional support system is developed and implemented for all practitioners within the department. • In conjunction with the Practice Development Nurse ensure that staff receive appropriate education • Together with the Practice Development Nurse, to ensure the designated staff have up to date completed all mandatory learning programmes • To liaise with the Link Tutor/Lecturer Practitioner and foster good relationships. To participate in the Educational Audit in conjunction with the Link Tutor/Lecturer Practitioner. • To participate in Trust approved research studies, keeping the Assistant Director of Nursing (Education and Research) informed of progres • To work with all senior practitioners in the unit to develop a Divisional strategy which allows nursing / perioperative expertise to be developed and shared • Together with the Matron and Practice Development Nurse to ensure proactive recruitment and retention of staff within the designated area Management • To be responsible for the organisation and management of the designated clinical area on a 24-hhour basisTo ensure staff rosters are completed accurately and in a timely manner • To ensure staff skill mix within staff rosters are compliant with patient safety and experience needs of the clinical area • To ensure manpower returns, such as, annual leave, sickness, and other absences are clearly recorded and acted upon. Ensuring weekly feedback to the matron • To work within allocated budgets and ensure appropriate utilisation of resources. • Together with the Matron and Service Manager, review clinical area workload, acuity and throughput on a regular basis. • To ensure adhoc staff bookings are compliant with the departments policy and that adhoc staff are properly inducted and supervised during their shift. • To complete the weekly bank and agency reporting system accurately and in a timely manner. • To participate and champion theatre efficiency and productively work streams and where required, lead on the work streams • With the help and guidance of the matron and Human Resource Manager, to be proactive in staff management, such as, sickness, conduct, capability, etc, ensuring a fair and consistent approach • To ensure patient safety at all times within the department and to report any near misses or any clinical incidents through the formal reporting system • To be responsible for the investigation of any clinical incidents and implementation of any improvement plans within designated clinical area. To ensure the matron is aware and approves the improvement plans • To ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations and be responsible for the implementation of safe working practices, including ensuring training, maintenance and/or replacement of equipment as necessary • At the request of Matron or Service Manager to undertake any additional audit and service changes to support the department • To be responsible for ensuring all staff members appraisals are complete and an appropriate Professional Development Plan is in place • Responsible for ensuring confidentiality and safekeeping of records with regards to patients and staff in line with Caldecott guidelines • To carry the Unit bleep as required, resolving local problems / conflicts, keeping managers/others informed. • To maintain positive team dynamics within the department at all times • Promote and maintain good working relationships with other departments and the multi disciplinary team • To be actively involved with any plans in relation to service development, service improvement, and the resolution of any on-going problems • To be aware of wider Trust objectives, regional and national policy and their impact on local service delivery Personal Professional Development • To maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with PREP / HCPC requirements, attending mandatory study sessions as required • To undergo and actively participate in your own performance appraisal • To keep up to date with NMC / HCPC, relevant specialist, Faculty & Trust guidelines and protocols • To adhere to the NMC / HCPC code of professional conduct working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of competence • To keep up to date with current literature and research in the specialty. • To be an active member of the clinical team contributing to trust wide nursing / multidisciplinary groups as appropriate General • To maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records, in line with Trust Policy: any unauthorised breach of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action. • To ensure that acceptable standards of data protection are maintained, in accordance with the Data Protection Act. • To observe the rules, policies and procedures in place at Kings College Hospital. • To carry out duties as an employee and service-provider with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy. • To participate in team meetings as required by your team leader. • Under the Health & Safety at Work Act, the post holder has a general duty of care for the health, safety and well being of oneself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post. • To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time. Job description Job responsibilities Clinical Practice • To work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and Procedures • To act as an expert for the care of a specified group of patients, providing effective leadership, acting as a positive role model and demonstrating advanced specialist practitioner skills. • To ensure compassionate care is delivered at all times in designated clinical area. To take remedial steps where this is not consistently delivered. • To ensure patient privacy and dignity is maintained at all time and to be complaint with single sex accommodation. • To communicate effectively with patients, their relatives and carers and all healthcare personnel • To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, taking every opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle. • To promote a holistic and multi disciplinary approach to care, ensuring continuity of care. • In conjunction with the matron and other clinical co-ordinators within Inpatient Theatres, to develop clinical policies and protocols relevant to the area, ensuring that practice is evidence based • To be responsible for compliance with key quality indicators within designated clinical area. To activate remedial plan to improve any non compliance, ensuring involvement and engagement of the matron Education and Research • To ensure the development and provision of a good quality clinical learning environment that supports students and continuing professional development. • To be responsible for ensuring that a professional support system is developed and implemented for all practitioners within the department. • In conjunction with the Practice Development Nurse ensure that staff receive appropriate education • Together with the Practice Development Nurse, to ensure the designated staff have up to date completed all mandatory learning programmes • To liaise with the Link Tutor/Lecturer Practitioner and foster good relationships. To participate in the Educational Audit in conjunction with the Link Tutor/Lecturer Practitioner. • To participate in Trust approved research studies, keeping the Assistant Director of Nursing (Education and Research) informed of progres • To work with all senior practitioners in the unit to develop a Divisional strategy which allows nursing / perioperative expertise to be developed and shared • Together with the Matron and Practice Development Nurse to ensure proactive recruitment and retention of staff within the designated area Management • To be responsible for the organisation and management of the designated clinical area on a 24-hhour basisTo ensure staff rosters are completed accurately and in a timely manner • To ensure staff skill mix within staff rosters are compliant with patient safety and experience needs of the clinical area • To ensure manpower returns, such as, annual leave, sickness, and other absences are clearly recorded and acted upon. Ensuring weekly feedback to the matron • To work within allocated budgets and ensure appropriate utilisation of resources. • Together with the Matron and Service Manager, review clinical area workload, acuity and throughput on a regular basis. • To ensure adhoc staff bookings are compliant with the departments policy and that adhoc staff are properly inducted and supervised during their shift. • To complete the weekly bank and agency reporting system accurately and in a timely manner. • To participate and champion theatre efficiency and productively work streams and where required, lead on the work streams • With the help and guidance of the matron and Human Resource Manager, to be proactive in staff management, such as, sickness, conduct, capability, etc, ensuring a fair and consistent approach • To ensure patient safety at all times within the department and to report any near misses or any clinical incidents through the formal reporting system • To be responsible for the investigation of any clinical incidents and implementation of any improvement plans within designated clinical area. To ensure the matron is aware and approves the improvement plans • To ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations and be responsible for the implementation of safe working practices, including ensuring training, maintenance and/or replacement of equipment as necessary • At the request of Matron or Service Manager to undertake any additional audit and service changes to support the department • To be responsible for ensuring all staff members appraisals are complete and an appropriate Professional Development Plan is in place • Responsible for ensuring confidentiality and safekeeping of records with regards to patients and staff in line with Caldecott guidelines • To carry the Unit bleep as required, resolving local problems / conflicts, keeping managers/others informed. • To maintain positive team dynamics within the department at all times • Promote and maintain good working relationships with other departments and the multi disciplinary team • To be actively involved with any plans in relation to service development, service improvement, and the resolution of any on-going problems • To be aware of wider Trust objectives, regional and national policy and their impact on local service delivery Personal Professional Development • To maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with PREP / HCPC requirements, attending mandatory study sessions as required • To undergo and actively participate in your own performance appraisal • To keep up to date with NMC / HCPC, relevant specialist, Faculty & Trust guidelines and protocols • To adhere to the NMC / HCPC code of professional conduct working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of competence • To keep up to date with current literature and research in the specialty. • To be an active member of the clinical team contributing to trust wide nursing / multidisciplinary groups as appropriate General • To maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records, in line with Trust Policy: any unauthorised breach of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action. • To ensure that acceptable standards of data protection are maintained, in accordance with the Data Protection Act. • To observe the rules, policies and procedures in place at Kings College Hospital. • To carry out duties as an employee and service-provider with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy. • To participate in team meetings as required by your team leader. • Under the Health & Safety at Work Act, the post holder has a general duty of care for the health, safety and well being of oneself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post. • To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time.