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Senior Theatre Practitioner
The Westbourne Centre
The Role:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner to support the Theatre Manager to lead and manage the Theatre Department which consists of one day surgery theatre at The Westbourne Centre. You will need to have excellent experience and knowledge in scrub practice and preferably also be qualified as an SFA.
The Centre is one of the UK's largest independent clinics established in 2009 as part of a joint venture between 5 regional consultants and the global hospital company, Ramsay Healthcare.
As well as delivering exceptional standards of clinical care to our surgical patients, we cover a range of surgical specialities including plastic/cosmetic surgery, minor orthopaedic surgery (including hand and foot surgery), general surgery & ophthalmic surgery.
As a key member of the Senior Clinical Team, the Senior Theatre Practitioner will be integral to the delivery of the strategic vision and plan for the centre, as well as accountable for the customer & stakeholder outcomes. You will have key responsibilities to include line management of practitioners as well as acting as the theatre manager in their absence.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a strong track record of leading and developing a team to enhance patient care and customer experience, whilst facilitating the best possible clinical outcomes. A commitment to the development of high quality evidence based acute care is essential, combined with the tenacity and passion required to drive commercial success in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Reporting directly to the Theatre Manager with a dotted line to the Head of Clinical Services, you will be expected to project manage and deliver on key initiatives.
What you'll bring with you:
- A strong clinical background within a hospital setting
- Previous Theatre leadership experience
- Professional Registration with the NMC/HCPC with strengths in scrub and SFA desirable
- Leadership and management skills to enable effective controls for the monitoring and management of the nursing, ODP and HCA staff, to deliver effective action plans for continuous skills improvement
- Ability to develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders both internally within Ramsay Health Care and externally eg consultants, suppliers, local NHS Trusts
- Experience of managing a high performing teams, through effective monitoring of KPI's
- Competent in the deployment of resources needed to sustain agreed activity levels
- Able to build effective controls for the efficient monitoring and management of clinical records
- Able to install positivity into the team and work together and support all staff members
In return we offer
- Competitive salary
- 25 days' annual leave (pro rata for part time employees)
- Paid bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Free on-site parking
?About us
The Westbourne Centre is a private day surgery facility in the heart of the Edgbaston Medical Quarter in Birmingham. The Centre brings together a diverse group of clinical specialists enabling the highest quality procedures, treatments and patient experience for private, insured and NHS patients.
The Centre prides itself on continually developing and pioneering new techniques for modern healthcare provision, including the innovative use of local anaesthesia with sedation for all our surgical procedures. The Centre is one of the UK's largest independent clinics established in 2009 as part of a joint venture between the Cosmetic Surgery Partnership and the global hospital company, Ramsay Healthcare.
Successful candidates will be subject a 3 month probationary period.
Hours of business at The Westbourne Centre are 8am - 8pm Monday to Saturday
All offers of employment in respect of this appointment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Westbourne Centre are committed to quality, equality and opportunity for all.
We care.
It's more than what we do, it's who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
The Ramsay Way culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud to support the UK's Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD's Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.
