The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Emergency Coordinator (Theatre)

The closing date is 28 July 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Emergency Theatre Coordinator to join the established team at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield. The successful candidate will be a proficient Operating Department Practitioner / Registered Nurse with significant acute theatre or PACU experience. The role is multidimensional, but essentially involves coordinating all non-elective surgical activity and facilitating the effective utilisation of operating theatre time across a variety of acute clinical specialities, aimed at providing a high quality service to patients. Being an enthusiastic self-starter you will be able to demonstrate the ability to work effectively and make decisions under pressure either as part of a team or using your own initiative. Possessing excellent organisational skills and the ability to converse and negotiate across all grades and disciplines, you will be a visible and accessible link in achieving a patient focused service based on clinical priorities. You are also expected to influence and participate in service developments and delivery, with the ability to meet deadlines and adapt to changing service needs. Although predominantly office based, there is an expectation to work clinically when needed. This unique role would suit the individual looking for a challenging and stimulating change of direction.

Main duties of the job

The primary aim of the role is to provide a high quality service to patients in support of, or in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility. The role is multidimensional, and requires the post holder to integrate and fulfil all the identified dimensions. The role is to coordinate effective utilisation of non elective operating theatre time, liaising with Consultants to prioritise clinical urgency and patient needs. As a Registered Nurse / Theatre Practitioner, all activities provide opportunities for acting as a role model for staff, whilst promoting and supporting an environment which is conducive to learning.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

000448

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assessing health related needs of patients to identify and initiate steps to deliver effective and evidence based care.

Being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care of the non elective patient.

Working autonomously caring for both adult and paediatric patients within a variety of clinical specialities.

Working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure effective planning of services and utilising resources appropriately, to meet the individual patient’s needs.

Overtly valuing patient centred care.

Contributing to the care of patients within their caseload in accordance with the Trust’s policies and NMC/HCPC guidelines.

Maintaining an up to date knowledge of current issues, practices and developments in perioperative care.

Participating in a flexible shift system.

Acting as patient’s advocate, to maintain their rights, dignity and confidentiality.

Demonstrating an understanding of the Major Incident Policy and its’ implementation.

Being responsible for effective, accurate documentation of care, in accordance with NMC/HCPC Document and Records Management policy.

Leading on the development of evidence based practice protocols and guidelines.

Demonstrating effective clinical judgement and articulating why decisions are made.

Monitoring scheduled theatre activity in order to identify any spare capacity to cover emergency work.

Ensuring that pre-operative patients are fasted accordingly and that all pertinent investigations and documentation are complete before theatre.

Request up to date bloods/ECG where necessary.

Obtain information in relation to specific patients i.e. Pacemaker/echo reports.

Following up on medical referrals for pre-operative anaesthetic assessment, ensuring that patients are reviewed in a timely fashion, and listed for surgery as soon as possible, when medically fit.

Attending daily trauma meeting to identify patients requiring surgery, and generate a theatre list in consultation with medical staff.

Discussing individual patients with the appropriate Consultant to ensure that theatre lists reflect patient priorities.

Liaising with theatre staff to ensure theatre availability, staffing and equipment meet the demands of the patients requiring surgery.

Liaising with wards and departments Trustwide, the High Dependency and Intensive Care Units, and ensuring clinicians are aware of any restrictions in bed availability.

Address any day to day issues which may disrupt a patient’s surgical procedure i.e. lack of available surgeon or anaesthetist, coordinating search for missing notes.

Organise and manage the Orthopaedic trauma / Urology homewaiters. Liaising with patients/ carers to arrange admission for surgery and communicate pertinent instructions.

Fulfil the role of single point of contact for these patients, providing honest, accurate, time sensitive information and responding to concerns/enquiries.

Liaise with the relevant Clinical Specialists regarding loan kit, obtaining relevant costings and the appropriate managers authorisation before proceeding.

Supervise Band 2 admin support inputting daily utilisation data for all acute and trauma cases and oversee the circulation of reporting emails to the theatre and wider management teams.

Respond to adult and paediatric emergency/trauma calls in the Emergency Department to determine the requirement for surgery or anaesthetic room resuscitations, liaising with the theatre staff / theatre team leaders where necessary.