Senior Theatre Sister / ODP - Anaesthetics / Recovery

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Theatre Practitioner to undertake the role of Anaesthetic and Recovery Lead.

The role will be a key stakeholder within the theatre leadership team combining Management, Clinical and Technical Expertise, in support of the Theatre Manager.

Lead and line manage a multidisciplinary team of theatre personnel.

Support the daily running of the operating department, ensuring efficiency and delivery of planned operating sessions, inclusive direct clinical support and supervision.

Provide safe, quality planned care for patients during their perioperative phase of care, by ensuring theatre teams deliver high standards of evidence-based care.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have extensive experience in either anaesthetics/ recovery or both, providing leadership and expertise across these areas. You will need to provide leadership and direction to the team, capitalising on research and development opportunities.Support the daily operational running of the theatre department, acting as first point of escalation for matters arising pertaining to the anaesthetic/ recovery area.Manage people and financial resources to ensure the effective operation of the team for which they are responsible.Always ensure effective skill-mix and appropriate caseload management.

Allocate work and assess performance of the team members objectively against set criteria/competencies. Be responsible for ensuring individual PDR's are planned and completed for team members.Provide clear feedback to team in a way that is conductive to maintaining and improving performance.Establish and maintain effective communication with Lead nurse's, team members and relevant stakeholders.Be responsible for standard of nursing care delivered in work area. Display evidence that staff provide holistic, evidence-based, patient-centred care.Responsible for standard operating procedures and policies being upheld within the operating department.Responsible for the investigation of incidents and shared learning responses, under Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.