Clinical Manager - Anaesthetics

Please refer to attached JD for full job spec.

Due to the retirement of the current post holder, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic leader to provide clinical leadership to staff within our Anaesthetic team and Theatre Porters. Working with the other Clinical Managers to provide day to day operational management of the operating department, ensuring the efficient utilisation of staff and resources.

• Provide clinical leadership across designated area of responsibility in the department.
• Undertake a clinical workload within theatres and maintain competency in a variety of specialist theatre skills (whether as ODP or Registered Nurse).
• Management of a designated area ensuring effective utilisation of resources, use of safe practice, adherence to Trust policies and procedures.
• Promote the highest quality service for patients and staff.
• Ensure the collection, review and audit of quality measures within the set of theatres.
• To ensure knowledge of the current national and local regulations (including Care Quality Commission and NHSE targets), and promotion of these to all staff and theatre users.
• Ensure that a culture of continuous improvement in performance against national and local targets is embedded within the department.
• Ensure all staff are supported in terms of the continuous professional development through the personal development planning process.
  
  

As a world leader in healthcare and research we have already earned our place as one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat over 250,000 children and young people a year and safely perform over 13,000 surgical procedures. Our catchment area has a population of over 7m, stretching from Cumbria, through Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire, parts of Shropshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Children from virtually every part of the UK, and also from around the world, visit Alder Hey for specialist treatment. As a result, we are recognised as Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and have been designated as a national centre for craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery by the Department of Health.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Neil Herbert Job title: Head of Theatre Services Email address: neil.herbert@alderhey.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 228 4811

Additional Contact

Richie Hayhurst - Theatre Manager

richard.hayhurst@alderhey.nhs.uk