Theatre Education Lead

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 18 May 2025

Job summary

We have a vacancy for a highly motivated, dedicated, and innovative registered practitioner to join our Theatre team as Theatre Lead for Education based. You will have the opportunity to support the development of perioperative care at Royal Papworth Hospital and will be crucial to our theatre transformation journey. This opportunity is open to experienced leaders or those wishing to develop their leadership potential and who demonstrate leadership ability.

Our aim is to continuously deliver high quality, safe patient care in the perioperative setting. Our drive for continuous improvement is an integral part of our Trust vision and we work collaboratively to improve the experience for our patients and our impact on the environment. We also are embarking on an Improving Together journey which will support clinical teams to make local quality improvements within the department.

Main duties of the job

The Theatre Lead for Education will lead on the creation and implementation of our education, role development and training strategy as well as supporting the Matron and Clinical Leadership Team for both Anaesthetics and Surgery to ensure opportunities for developing clinical practice are realised in line with standards of care.

The Theatre Education Lead is responsible and accountable for the delivery of safe, high-quality care for patients in the perioperative setting through highly visible, credible, and supportive leadership and by demonstrating role model behaviours. This includes the clinical, professional, and managerial leadership of the workforce and ensuring that clinical governance is firmly embedded within the perioperative area. The post holder will empower teams to ensure that practices are up to date and evidence based.

The Theatre Education Lead will support departmental and Trust objectives and act as deputy in the absence of the Clinical Leads and the Theatre Matron. They will hold overall responsibility for the management and organisation of their specialist area, including the workforce and associated operational tasks. The Theatre Education Lead will use their advanced knowledge of clinical practice to develop services to continually meet the needs of patients, other service users and the perioperative team.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Date posted

30 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

175-2526-1-CA1245

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with NMC/HCPC
'Diploma' or 'equivalent' in Nursing
Specialist training/continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

Proven post-registration experience
Evidence of experience in the specialty
Evidence of experience within education
Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct/ HCPC standards and professional practice guidance
Awareness of broader issues in the Trust, the wider NHS and an understanding of the professional nursing agenda, clinical governance and quality
Understanding management and leadership theory and practice, together with people management procedures
Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
Able to perform all activities specific to cardiothoracic surgery / Anaesthetics
Staff management, including appraisal
Able to problem solve, use own initiative and plan, organise and prioritise own and others' workload
Able to facilitate and support learning
Proven communication skills, written and oral
Able to contribute to policy and practice changes

Desirable

Demonstrable evidence of mentoring and preceptorship
Managed clinical area in absence of more senior staff

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with NMC/HCPC
'Diploma' or 'equivalent' in Nursing
Specialist training/continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

Proven post-registration experience
Evidence of experience in the specialty
Evidence of experience within education
Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct/ HCPC standards and professional practice guidance
Awareness of broader issues in the Trust, the wider NHS and an understanding of the professional nursing agenda, clinical governance and quality
Understanding management and leadership theory and practice, together with people management procedures
Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
Able to perform all activities specific to cardiothoracic surgery / Anaesthetics
Staff management, including appraisal
Able to problem solve, use own initiative and plan, organise and prioritise own and others' workload
Able to facilitate and support learning
Proven communication skills, written and oral
Able to contribute to policy and practice changes

Desirable

Demonstrable evidence of mentoring and preceptorship
Managed clinical area in absence of more senior staff

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.