Clinical Practice Lead - Trauma and Orthopaedics
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L35 5DR
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
18 September 2026
14 days left
Job description
The post holder will take day to day professional responsibility and be accountable for leading and developing clinical practice and training programm...
- The day-to-day supervision, leadership and development of staff ensuring the delivery of asafe, cost effective and quality clinical care
- Supporting the operational lead in promoting and implementing the trust values of: We are Kind, We are Open, We are Inclusive and the trust vision of Five-star patient care as per Trust strategy and the delivery of the departmental/Trust targets.
- Contributing to achieving improvement in services and key performance indicators for the surgical division
- Actively participating in clinical and Infection prevention audits across the theatre department with development and implementation of action plans
- The post holder will be required to work across both Whiston and St Helens sites and must be flexible, working weekends and having an on-call commitment, with a possible rotation to night duty
- Successful applicants will require an enhance disclosure form the criminal records bureau.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC/HCPC registration
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
- Post graduate qualification in mentorship or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in leadership
- North West Simulation Education Network Educational qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical experience within a surgical environment in theatres
- Knowledge and expertise of Surgical speciality/specialities as a scrub practitioner
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of other surgical specialities
Skills
Essential
- IT skills
- Excellent communication skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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