Job overview

An exciting Band 7  Theatre Lead vacancy has become available  supporting Anaesthetics and Recovery services within Cardiothoracic Theatres at Wythenshawe Hospital. This position is for an enthusiastic  lead covering Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplant and Catheter Lab responsibility encompassing the on call out of hours services providing a 24/7 Emergency Service.

The post is for a motivated and driven Nurse / ODP to ensure the best quality of Anaesthetic care is provided to our very busy Cardiothoracic theatre department. CTT have expanded and now run 8 theatres Monday to Friday on a single site within MFT this has led to a large recruitment drive which is now complete. The successful applicant will oversee any further recruitment of anaesthetic staff members and have an oversight of any educational requirement for the team.

MFT at the Wythenshawe site (WTWA) is a major acute teaching hospital recognised as a centre of clinical excellence and provides a wide range of health services as part of the largest NHS Trust in the UK.

We recruit staff that are open, honest and focused on striving for excellence, having built an enviable international reputation on five unwavering principles for clinical excellence, research and development, teaching, learning and for treating patients with compassion, respect and dignity.

Please note that the applicants must have significant experience in Cardiac and/or Thoracic theatre and the demands of anaesthetics within these specialities.

Main duties of the job

You must be able to demonstrate your ability to motivate individuals, have proven organisational skills, effective communication, leadership skills and a strong commitment to high standards of patient care. This role will be clinically facing and may involve on-call cover as required. 

Applicants will be expected to be a qualified ODP or Anaesthetic Nurse and have 2 years minimum band 6 experience in anaesthetics to apply.

You will be working jointly with fellow Band 7 Theatre Scrub Leads in the both the Thoracic and Cardiac Theatres and you will be expected to cross cover working together as a team for all areas.

Managing the governance for the speciality of Anaesthetics is an essential part of the role including incidents and complaints. Maintaining and improving department Accreditation, IQP and CQC standards are included in the role.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.