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Job reference: 090028
Salary: Band 6 (£33,072 - £40,736)
Job closing date: 03/03/2022
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 17/02/2022
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: In Patient Theatres RAH

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This is a full-time permanent post. Shift pattern: Monday to Sunday, various shifts

We are looking to recruit a confident, compassionate and knowledgeable perioperative practitioner with significant theatre experience for a Team Leader post within Inpatient theatre at the RAH. Experience in orthopaedic theatres would be desirable however not essential. Consideration will be given to candidates who can demonstrate significant theatre scrub experience. The unit has  9 operating theatres and an 8 bedded recovery room.  There is  an expectation that post holder will be in charge out of hours which will  include  all emergences from  the other specialities.

 The post holder will be responsible for the daily management of   theatre and  team ensuring that a high quality of clinical care is delivered to all patients intraoperatively. Using excellent leadership skills and clinical expertise they will provide advice, support, supervision and education to all members of staff working within their team. Significant experience and knowledge of working  within a theatre environment in a scrub role is required. You will require to have excellent communication and negotiation skills in order to manage conflicting pressures in a calm and professional manner. You also will be instrumental in assisting the Senior Charge Nurses in taking forward service improvements.

The successful candidate is required to demonstrate flexibility by working within a service which runs over a 7 day week.  Furthermore, the successful candidate will be expected where necessary to engage in multi-site working within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in order to achieve the needs of the service.

​​​​​​​NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.   

​​​​​​​Informal Contact: Gillian Kelly, Contact Number 0141 314 6727, Email Gillian.kelly@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

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