Job responsibilities
Endoscopy Team Lead | Theatres | Farnham | Full time 37.5 hours a week | Permanent
Spire Clare Park Hospital is looking for a highly motivated and experienced ODP or Theatre Nurse to provide leadership, advice and support to other staff in the department and support the Theatre Manager in the overall management of the healthcare environment.
Spire Clare Park is an elective hospital situated in Farnham that has recently been rated as good by the CQC. We offer a range of surgical specialties, which includes: Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Cosmetics, Urology, Dermatology and ENT
Duties and responsibilities:
- Lead the Endoscopy Service against Spire key performance indicators, ensuring the efficient running of the department.
- To provide exemplary planned care for patients while managing a team.
- To ensure the team deliver effective patient care by providing clinical and managerial leadership.
- To maximise on Endoscopy opportunities across the hospital through capturing inbound enquiries and converting them to a booking, thus driving revenue to hit AOP target and fill capacity.
- To identify opportunities and deliver business growth, including competitor and price analysis.
- Maintain and develop quality standards and improvement throughout the department.
- Ensure all audits/reviews of the departments and their performance are undertaken and implement action plans in response to findings.
- Seek and employ innovative methods of improving service delivery in line with the 5 CQC Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOE); always aiming to achieve Good and Outstanding.
Who we're looking for:
- Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with current NMC/HCPC registration, no restrictions or conditions to practice.
- Previous experience within a Theatre Environment
- High standard of clinical practice
- Competent across a range of clinical skills supported by professional competence and knowledge
- Able to use evidence based practice to provide high standards of care.
- Knowledge of appropriate standards and external bodies, such as the Care Quality Commission
- Experience of working in teams and with minimum supervision.
- Previous leadership experience would be an advantage; however we offer award winning training and CPD.
- Ability to manage complex cases.
- Previous experience of managing clinical audits - desirable
- MUST BE A CAR DRIVER
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- On site car parking
Please see the attached benefits leaflet for more information,
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sara Malik at
Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
