Theatre Sister / Charge Nurse

Please read the attached advertisement for more details

Presenting an exciting Band 7, opportunity to become part of our Clinical Theatre Management Team in Gynaecology & Obstetric Theatres.

There are two Gynaecology Theatres, delivering diagnostic and complex Benign Gynaecology Surgery including specialist Endometriosis & Urogynaecology services. The Obstetric Unit consists of three theatres providing Elective Caesarean Sections and twenty-four-hour cover for Emergency Obstetric services. Staff rotate between both Gynaecology & Obstetric specialities. The Scrub team has an establishment of approximately 45 staff including ODPs, Nurses, Surgical First Assistants, and other Support Workers.

You must have experience of working in theatres at a senior level. You must possess proven leadership, and organisational skills and be a highly effective role model within the clinical area. You should have a proven track record of managing change within the clinical setting and be able to influence practice.

You will need to be flexible and adaptable with excellent communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with our current Anaesthetic & Recovery Sister and other colleagues across SuWOn Theatres to support, Safe Staffing, Governance and Health & Safety in the Perioperative Environment.

This post will require some weekend & cross site working to support Senior Theatre Staffing Rota.

• Lead the Perioperative Team in Churchill/Horton/Women’s Theatres as they work to deliver exemplary clinical practice to all patients within the Theatre environment.
• Contribute to a climate where staff members appropriately question and challenge practice, and where decision-making can be openly debated, discussed, and escalated when required.
• Work with the education team to ensure all staff are competent and capable practitioners, improve the quality of the learning environment by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all, within the practice setting.
  
  

Act as a positive, professional, role model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert, professional development advice ensuring practice is patient centred and evidence based

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Theresa Lowry Job title: Matron Email address: [email protected]

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