Senior Nurse Theatre: Quality and Safety

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Senior Nurse:
Quality and Safety:
We seek a dynamic and experienced Senior Nurse, at a managerial level, to join our team at UCLH's Westmoreland Street Theatres. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the effective and safe delivery of services across theatres and other areas of the Division. This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking nurse leader to provide clinical and professional leadership, promote excellence in patient care, and drive continuous improvement.

Leadership and Management:
The Senior Nurse will provide visionary leadership to nursing staff at all levels within the Division, ensuring high standards of nursing care and effective resource management. This role involves implementing the nursing and midwifery strategy, which focuses on modernising nursing roles according to patient and service needs, while maintaining a high standard of patient experience with a strong emphasis on dignity and compassion.

Strategic Development:
The post holder will collaborate with senior staff, including the Senior Matron who oversees nursing operations, the Operations Manager who handles logistical aspects, and the Divisional Clinical Director who sets the clinical direction. This collaboration is crucial to help shape the department's strategic direction and policy framework. The role also involves contributing to corporate objectives and maintaining effective governance. Active participation in the patient safety committee and support for Trust-wide initiatives are also key aspects.

Quality Improvement:
A continuous focus on improving service provision through current best practices is essential. The Senior Nurse will lead the Westmoreland Street theatres' reducing surgical harm steering group and develop safer surgery management portfolios. Supporting the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), our comprehensive system for identifying, reporting, and responding to patient safety incidents, is also critical to this role.

Project Management:
The role requires establishing a transparent project management approach to safer surgery, maintaining robust project and communication plans, and managing multidisciplinary project groups to implement appropriate measures.

Culture and Engagement:
The Senior Nurse will share organisational learning to build awareness and capability across the healthcare sector. This includes publishing a quarterly newsletter to share divisional learning and improvements that enhance the team's culture of engagement. We assure you of a supportive work environment that values your contributions and fosters your professional growth, giving you a sense of security and confidence in your role.

Patient Safety and Risk:
Key responsibilities include supporting patient safety incident reviews related to safer surgery, managing corporate risk, and administering the surgical harm steering group. The role also includes arranging and coordinating meetings, tracking actions, and facilitating safety audits.

Qualifications and Experience:
Candidates must be registered Nurses with valid NMC registration and significant experience in a senior nursing role, preferably within a theatre setting. Demonstrated leadership and management skills, experience in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, and strong project management skills focused on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care are essential.

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register / First level registered ODP
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
• Significant experience of working in theatres
• Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Operational management experience in acute hospital setting
• Teaching
• Familiarity with basic IT applications
• QI project methodology

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Works well both as an individual and as part of a team
• Able to maintain composure and judgement when under pressure.
• Possess a strong commitment to improving the Quality and Safety agenda
• Thorough understanding of NHS improvement agenda
• Business planning Skills
• Demonstratable quality assurance and improvement experience
• Able to facilitate and support learning
• Developing policies and protocols
• Highly professional role model
• Managing organisational change

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by

Essential criteria

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
• Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others
• Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security
• Clinical risk management techniques and skills
• Clinical Governance and Risk Management

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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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

• Job Description (PDF, 824.3KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 262.3KB)
• UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)