Deputy Team Leader (Scarborough & Bridlington)

Scarborough, England, United Kingdom

6/19/2025

Band 6 Permanent: Scarborough/Bridlington

Deputy Team Leader

An exciting opportunity has arisen in theatres at Scarborough Hospital/Bridlington Hospital, to recruit a Band 6 Deputy Team Leader within our surgical team.

We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic practitioner with the appropriate clinical and scrub experience.

You will work alongside the Band 7 to support the team, and continuously develop our service to provide excellent care for our patients. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a keen interest in improving and developing their leadership skills, to enable management of staff and be an effective role model demonstrating high levels of clinical competence & expertise.

You need to have the ability to confidently coordinate the multidisciplinary team, and be able to confidently handle challenging situations.

You will have a minimum of 3 years, Band 5 Theatre anaesthetic experience. You should be able to demonstrate involvement in service improvement with some evidence of change management. You will demonstrate skills in self-management including time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.

This is a demanding role where you will be expected to exhibit knowledge of how we work towards our Trust's vision and be a real team player.

Shift patterns will include covering weekends and bank holidays. You must be able to commit to a rotating shift pattern.

You will manage your teams in order to ensure the right workforce is available to deliver person centred care, in a safe and effective clinical environment.

• Demonstrate advanced clinical skills and the ability to prioritise care delivery.
• Recognise the importance of a MDT approach to patient care and coordinate the care delivery acknowledging individual personal contributions, including statutory and voluntary organisations with the professional guidelines.
• To actively participate in the assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for the patient, and to contribute to the continuing development of nursing care in agreement with the Department’s objectives.
• Ensure nursing practice is evidence based and support and develop research initiatives, applying the findings to practice.
• Advise patients and carers of all aspects of the care and promote compliance where appropriate.
• The post holder is responsible and accountable for their own practice in line with Trust Infection Prevention and Control policies that reflect evidence, best practice and legislative requirements.
• Demonstrate advanced leadership skills and the ability to delegate and assess staff performance through the IDR process, and use of objective setting as a development tool.
• Provide clinical advice and support to junior staff and where appropriate other health workers.
• Scrub experience is essential.
  
  

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for further job details and requirements.

• Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at the hospital site. Remote interviews will not be available.
• The validity of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN will be checked before shortlisting (Only applicable to registered roles) - inaccuracies in NMC PIN details will mean your application will not be progressed
• Interested candidates are encouraged to make contact with the Recruiting Manager to have an informal discussion about the role
  
  

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a range of provider
  
  

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Raymund Cosi Job title: Team Leader Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01723 3422016