Working in a leadership position within the General Scrub speciality. Ensuring high standards of care, patient safety and efficient delivery of perioperative services. This involves working as part of a multidisciplinary team to coordinate and manage on a daily basis.

A key part of the role will be to work with the theatre management team to initiate new ways of working in support of the Trust's transformation of services and driving productivity and efficiency in an increasingly changing and challenging economic environment.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to help carry our service forward during this time. You will provide a high standard of care to patients requiring pre and post operative surgical intervention in a demanding and complex environment. You will already have considerable post registration theatre experience and possess a post registration mentorship or equivalent teaching qualification.

Managerial skills include staff recruitment and retention, reducing and managing sickness absence, staff appraisals, risk assessment and coordination of the team.

Staff training and education including clinical governance and clinical supervision to support development of the team.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"