Interim Theatre Scheduler

Spire Healthcare Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 35 days

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Spire rewards

Job summary

Spire Nottingham Hospital is seeking an Interim Theatre Scheduler for a 12‑month assignment. You will support the Capacity & Utilisation Manager to improve utilisation of theatre sessions and maximise patient throughput and revenue.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure resources meet scheduled cases, handle bookings, data input and communications, and chair capacity meetings in the manager's absence.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or customer‑facing roles.
• Strong problem solving and prioritisation skills.
• Able to collaborate with multi‑disciplinary teams to resolve issues.

Responsibilities

• Support Capacity & Utilisation Manager to maximise theatre sessions and revenue.
• Ensure resources are available to support assigned cases.
• Collaborate on short and long‑term capacity planning for theatre, endoscopy, and Cath lab.
• Support delivery of site AOP, admissions targets, and revenue performance.
• Highlight concerns that may affect patient flow or revenue.
• Assist with theatre off duty completion and distribution.
• Act as chair in absence of the Capacity & Utilisation Manager and lead capacity meetings.
• Be main point of contact for lists, concerns and escalations in absence of manager.
• Perform administrative tasks including booking allocation, data input and email communications.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Problem solving

Prioritisation

Data analysis

Communication with clinicians

Data collation

Organisation

Education

GCSE English & Maths

A Level or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Interim Theatre Schedular/Spire Nottingham/Tollerton/12 Months

Spire Nottingham Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Theatre Schedular to join the team on a 12-month interim basis.

Duties and responsibilities:

To support the Capacity & Utilisation Manager to increase the utilisation and allocation of theatre sessions and maximise the number of patients seen and treated, and revenues generated.

• To work alongside the Capacity & Utilisation Manager and ensure that all resources are available to support assigned cases.
• Collaborate with the teams regarding short and longer-term capacity planning whilst ensuring that theatre, endoscopy, and Cath lab capacity is maximised.
• To support the site in the delivery of its AOP, admissions targets and revenue performance as a site.
• To expand any concerns which may lead to loss of cases and/or revenue.
• To support in the completion and distribution of the theatre off duty.
• Act as Chair in the absence of the Capacity & Utilisation manager and the capacity meetings.
• To be the main point of contact for lists, concerns, and escalations in the absence of the Capacity & Utilisation Manger
• To conduct administrative tasks which are to include (but not limited to) allocation and approval of bookings, data inputting and email communications.

Who we're looking for:

• Previous experience of working within the healthcare industry or a similar customer orientated organisation.
• Demonstrable ability in problem solving and prioritisation skills.
• Swiftly understand the cause of challenges and be able to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams to resolve.
• Able to have difficult conversations with senior clinicians and colleagues to improve utilisation.
• Experience of data collation, analysis, and reporting
• Willingness to take ownership and responsibility to deliver solutions.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• English Language and Mathematics GCSE or equivalent qualification Desirable
• Educated to A Level Standard or equivalent qualification.
• Evidence of personal development Training, Skills and Knowledge Essential
• Demonstrable ability to process data effectively and accurately.
• The ability to work in a methodical, systematic way.

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

“Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.”

Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us,it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.