Clinical Lead & Asset and Equipment Manager
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Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
To provide professional and positive leadership and management within the operating department with direct line management responsibility for the peri-operative team. The post holder will demonstrate sound clinical leadership skills which ensure positive care outcomes for patients and will be a clinical expert within the peri-operative field.
The post holder will be responsible for leading developments in theatre practice in line with service delivery and the strategic plans of the Division and Trust. They will provide professional advice, support and leadership to the multi-disciplinary team and promote education and development for all team members.
The post holder will be responsible for the management and maintenance of theatre equipment within the Trust.
To support the DTC Ward WSM with patient transfers and bed management when needed.
Main duties of the job
To create users accounts. With each user having a unique level of access ranging from a limited viewer to full administrator.
Training for local superusers across HHFT
Use our software to log assets.
Make a detailed log of equipment check-out, create custom fields, review the download Excel template.
Create the platform for contracts and licenses along with the assets
Add information about status, depreciation, maintenance, check-out times
Set reminders and alarms for assets that require regular maintenance, assets that are past due, contracts and licenses that are about to expire
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Theatre Experience
- Understanding of assets across the trust, licenses and contracts
- Professional UK registration eg NMC, HCPC
- Relevant clinical qualification
- Evidence of Management Leadership
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership courses
- QI Certification (Gold or Silver)
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Well-developed interpersonal skills
- Advanced perioperative clinical knowledge/skills
- Good understanding of quality, safety, and risk management
- Knowledge of the role in the context of local and National Plans and professional strategies to deliver services within the current and future NHS
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Audit experience/ research skills Change management experience
Desirable criteria
- Theatre improvement project experience
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage Asset Tiger IT system
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
- Proven organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Uses initiative and can lead and co-ordinate a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
- Approachable demeanour
- Flexible attitude
- Proven reliability
- Ability to work within rapidly changing environment
- Ability to manage conflicting and changing priorities
- Ability to empower and enable others
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- JD & PS (PDF, 515.8KB)
- HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)