Job summary
Working closely alongside the General Manager and Clinical Leadership team, the post-holder will ensure the smooth running of the day to day operations of Theatres across the Trust sites.
This includes supporting the delivery of performance targets, improving efficiency and throughput, finance, standards and quality of services.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Direct line manager for the service team who are key in helping to ensure the smooth running of Theatre and Anaesthetic team.
- Supporting the day to day delivery of Theatre Service to ensure that elective and non-elective patients have their surgical procedures in the appropriate time frame.
- Develop and manage reports to ensure that relevant information is updated weekly to be presented to the Trust Executives through the appropriate forum.
- Ensure that compliance to national standards and SOPs are maintained
- Co-ordinate and organise the Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) bed bookings via ICE and emails
- Provide direct support to the ECU Consultants with day to day activity of the Enhanced Care Unit
- Work collaboratively with all sectors to ensure ECU beds are booked efficiently and competently and in a timely manner
- Manage the database administration of the ECU bed booking system
- Work closely with the clinical staff on the Enhanced Care Unit to ensure all administration needs are met efficiently
- Collate and distribute ECU staffing rotas
- Manage the stationery budget for the Unit.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Direct line manager for the service team who are key in helping to ensure the smooth running of Theatre and Anaesthetic team.
- Supporting the day to day delivery of Theatre Service to ensure that elective and non-elective patients have their surgical procedures in the appropriate time frame.
- Develop and manage reports to ensure that relevant information is updated weekly to be presented to the Trust Executives through the appropriate forum.
- Ensure that compliance to national standards and SOPs are maintained
- Co-ordinate and organise the Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) bed bookings via ICE and emails
- Provide direct support to the ECU Consultants with day to day activity of the Enhanced Care Unit
- Work collaboratively with all sectors to ensure ECU beds are booked efficiently and competently and in a timely manner
- Manage the database administration of the ECU bed booking system
- Work closely with the clinical staff on the Enhanced Care Unit to ensure all administration needs are met efficiently
- Collate and distribute ECU staffing rotas
- Manage the stationery budget for the Unit.
Communication
- To lead on and participate in discussions and new projects which may impact theatre & anaesthetic processes
- Communicate importance of the data to the staff entering it and ensure their understanding of correct and accurate data entry.
- Participate as an active member of the Trust Theatres Operational Groups.
- Participate in the regular theatre staff meetings, preparing update reports as required.
- Train and advise clinicians/management on optimal use of reporting.
- The Directorates main representative on projects/programmes relating to theatre improvement and IT projects involving theatre information
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Direct line manager for the service team who are key in helping to ensure the smooth running of Theatre and Anaesthetic team.
- Supporting the day to day delivery of Theatre Service to ensure that elective and non-elective patients have their surgical procedures in the appropriate time frame.
- Develop and manage reports to ensure that relevant information is updated weekly to be presented to the Trust Executives through the appropriate forum.
- Ensure that compliance to national standards and SOPs are maintained
- Co-ordinate and organise the Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) bed bookings via ICE and emails
- Provide direct support to the ECU Consultants with day to day activity of the Enhanced Care Unit
- Work collaboratively with all sectors to ensure ECU beds are booked efficiently and competently and in a timely manner
- Manage the database administration of the ECU bed booking system
- Work closely with the clinical staff on the Enhanced Care Unit to ensure all administration needs are met efficiently
- Collate and distribute ECU staffing rotas
- Manage the stationery budget for the Unit.
Communication
- To lead on and participate in discussions and new projects which may impact theatre & anaesthetic processes
- Communicate importance of the data to the staff entering it and ensure their understanding of correct and accurate data entry.
- Participate as an active member of the Trust Theatres Operational Groups.
- Participate in the regular theatre staff meetings, preparing update reports as required.
- Train and advise clinicians/management on optimal use of reporting.
- The Directorates main representative on projects/programmes relating to theatre improvement and IT projects involving theatre information
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
NHS
Essential
People Managment
Essential
Person Specification
NHS
Essential
People Managment
Essential
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.
