Deputy Team Leader Burns and Plastics Theatres

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Nottingham is seeking a Deputy Team Leader for the Burns and Plastics theatres. This role demands an innovative practitioner who excels in leadership and clinical competence. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in managing teams, effective communication skills, and at least 2 years of relevant specialty experience. The role offers diverse responsibilities aimed at enhancing patient care and driving service improvements within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Endless personal development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Support for job applications

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with high clinical competence.
• 2 years of specialty experience is essential for the role.
• Able to use various communication tools effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support and deputise for the Team Leader.
• Manage staff and deliver high-quality patient care.
• Participate in service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Time management

Clinical competence

Team working

Education

BSc in Healthcare or working towards

HCPC/NMC Registration

Junior/Supervisory management course

Teaching/assessing qualification

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Main area Burns and Plastics Theatres Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours over week) Job ref 164-7685561

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site City Campus Town Nottingham Salary £38,682 - £46,580 £35,392-£42,618 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/02/2026 23:59

Deputy Team Leader - Burns and Plastics theatres

Band 6

Job overview

Burns and Plastics Theatres are looking for an innovative and forward thinking practitioner to assist in the leadership of our busy and ever changing speciality. Burns, Plastics, Breast, Sarcoma, Hands, Head and Neck. Could we be a more versatile team? The variety of procedures is almost endless and most of them are carried out on the body’s largest organ. We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic Theatre Practitioner who would like develop their skills as a band 5 into a leadership role. With the appropriate clinical experience you will work closely with our existing band 6 colleagues and team leader to support our developing elective service, meeting the needs of our service users.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a keen interest in improving and developing their leadership skills to enable management of staff, and be an effective role model, demonstrating high levels of clinical competence and expertise. You should be able to demonstrate involvement in service improvement, with some evidence of change management.

You will demonstrate skills in self-management, including time management, prioritisation and organisational skills. You will need to have a flexible attitude to work, be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and have the capacity to go the extra mile. You will be expected to exhibit knowledge of how we work towards our trusts vision.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.

The successful candidate for this role will be expected:

To support and deputise for the Team Leader, taking managerial, clinical and professional responsibility for a team of practitioners.

To support staff, ensuring the provision of high quality patient care in the most efficient and safe manner in accordance with Divisional and NUH policies and procedures

Person specification

Communication and relationship skills

• Can effectively use a variety of communication skills
• Able to use power point, word and excel to produce documents and presentation
• Can present a mixture of information from a variety of sources.

Training and Qualifications

• HCPC/NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development and recent study relevant to theatres/recovery
• BSc in Healthcare or working towards this
• Junior/Supervisory management course
• A Teaching/assessing qualification

Experience and patient care

• 2 years speciality experience
• Competent in complex clinical skills

Team Working

• Recognises own role as part of the multi-disciplinary team and encourages high standards
• Enables team members to set achievable objectives

Leadership

• Adopts an effective leadership style, gaining respect and commitment from others
• Promotes a supportive environment where staffs feel valued

Clinical Expertise

• Displays clinical expertise and provides support to others
• Expands role as appropriate
• Provides a credible source of expertise for others
• Is able to co-ordinate the clinical area in order to meet patient needs
• Consistently acts as a patient advocate
• Demonstrates initiative to generate ideas for change
• Is aware of strategies relating to clinical governance and infection prevention

Personal Effectiveness

• Strives to achieve personal and professional effectiveness
• Acts as a role model for others
• Demonstrates high standards of personal and professional behaviour

Resource Management

• Ensures resources are available and used to facilitate quality patient care
• Participates and proactively assesses the need for change

Education

• Assists with the development of education and training
• Demonstrates an awareness of research principles and their application to clinical practice

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates

Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication

All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application

If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.

To get this form, please email [email protected] and ask for an easy read application.

Support for NUH Job Applications

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

Apprenticeship

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

SalaryThe quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence

All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy

NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks

NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation into the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.