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Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Elective Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
Wakefield On-site 5-10 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 2,135 employees
Orthopaedic Scrub CompetenceClinical LeadershipTheatre List CoordinationPatient CareMentorship
Requirements
Must be a Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC) with substantial perioperative experience in orthopaedics. Requires a relevant degree, Level 6 post-registration study, and evidence of mentorship or teaching capabilities.
Job Description
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Jessica Tetlow, Orthopaedic Clinical Lead (Theatre Manager)
Ashley Searson, Anaesthetic Clinical Lead (Theatre Manager)
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated Elective Orthopaedic Theatre team at Pinderfields Hospital.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with extensive orthopaedic experience to become an integral part of our dynamic team.
This role is ideal for someone looking to take the next step in their career or seeking a fresh challenge in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Main duties
The Band 6 Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist is an experienced Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC) who provides expert clinical leadership within the Orthopaedic Theatre team.
The post holder will have extensive elective and trauma orthopaedic experience with advanced scrub competence in major and complex hip, knee and shoulder surgery and will be responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient and effective delivery of the elective orthopaedic service at PGH.
This includes proactive planning and coordination of theatre lists in line with the 6-4-2 planning process, reviewing upcoming operating schedules, sourcing specialist instrumentation and implants from across the Trust, HSDU and external providers, liaising with company representatives to coordinate support, and arranging loan equipment to ensure all resources are available for complex procedures.
The role also includes providing clinical leadership, supporting the education and development of colleagues, promoting evidence-based practice and driving continuous service improvement to maintain the highest standards of patient care and theatre performance.
Qualifications
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
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Jessica Tetlow, Orthopaedic Clinical Lead (Theatre Manager)
- Jessica.tetlow@nhs.net
- 01924 542398
Ashley Searson, Anaesthetic Clinical Lead (Theatre Manager)
- 01924 317356
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated Elective Orthopaedic Theatre team at Pinderfields Hospital.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with extensive orthopaedic experience to become an integral part of our dynamic team.
This role is ideal for someone looking to take the next step in their career or seeking a fresh challenge in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Main duties
The Band 6 Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist is an experienced Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC) who provides expert clinical leadership within the Orthopaedic Theatre team.
The post holder will have extensive elective and trauma orthopaedic experience with advanced scrub competence in major and complex hip, knee and shoulder surgery and will be responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient and effective delivery of the elective orthopaedic service at PGH.
This includes proactive planning and coordination of theatre lists in line with the 6-4-2 planning process, reviewing upcoming operating schedules, sourcing specialist instrumentation and implants from across the Trust, HSDU and external providers, liaising with company representatives to coordinate support, and arranging loan equipment to ensure all resources are available for complex procedures.
The role also includes providing clinical leadership, supporting the education and development of colleagues, promoting evidence-based practice and driving continuous service improvement to maintain the highest standards of patient care and theatre performance.
Qualifications
- NMC (Registered Nurse) or HCPC (ODP) registration
- Relevant degree (or equivalent experience)
- Evidence of post-registration study at Level 6 (specialist modules/qualifications)
- Mentorship/Teaching/Practice SupervisorAssessor preparation
- Substantial perioperative experience in a specialist field (scrub, anaesthetics or PACU)
- Experience coordinating lists and supervising staff
- Evidence of teaching, assessment and mentorship
- Participation in audits, equipment trials or QI projects
- Specialist knowledge across a range of perioperative procedures
- Understanding of NatSSIPs/LocSSIPs, IPC, safeguarding, consent and governance frameworks
- Awareness of AfC factors and Band 6 role expectations
- Advanced clinical decision-making and problem-solving
- Highly developed manual/dexterity skills for complex theatre procedures
- Effective communication of complex/sensitive information with empathy and reassurance
- Ability to teach, mentor, assess and supervise staff and learners
- IT literacy for audit and documentation
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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Education
Bachelor DegreeProfessional Certificate
Skills
Orthopaedic Scrub CompetenceClinical LeadershipTheatre List CoordinationPatient CareMentorshipTeachingAudit ParticipationClinical Decision-makingProblem-solvingManual DexterityCommunicationIT Literacy
About Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust provides acute, community and specialist health care services to around half a million people living in Wakefield and North Kirklees. We have three hospitals at Dewsbury, Pontefract and Wakefield (Pinderfields), and also provide care in community settings such as GP surgeries, health centres and clinics as well as in people’s own homes. Every one of our 9,000 staff play a vital role in providing quality care to the thousands of people we serve and we are proud to have a hard working, talented, and dynamic work force who strive every day to provide quality care and support to those who use our services. Our mission is to recruit, develop and retain skilled and motivated people who embody the Trust’s core values of caring, respect, high standards and improving. We do this by creating a supportive working environment - in first class facilities - where excellence and innovation is valued and celebrated; by providing excellent training and development opportunities, and by offering a comprehensive package of staff benefits to reward our employees for their hard work and commitment.
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