National Theatre Lead

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a National Theatre Lead to play a key role in shaping clinical strategies and enhancing theatre services. This full-time, home-based role requires national travel, where you will mentor Theatre Leads and support quality and compliance across services. Ideal candidates will have extensive theatre experience and HCPC or NMC registration, along with strong leadership and negotiation skills.

Benefits

Great Place to Work certification

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within the theatre environment, including clinical management.
• Specialised expertise in intravitreal injecting and medical retina.
• Experience in managing teams with a focus on development and performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Act as a national leader, mentor and resource to local Theatre Leads.
• Support the design and evolution of clinical models and theatre pathways.
• Provide clinical insight to enhance quality and compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Team Management

Clinical Insight

Education

HCPC or NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

We're looking for a National Theatre Lead to join our dynamic and growing organisation. This is a full-time, home-based role with national travel required on average 2 to 3 days per week. You will play a pivotal leadership role, supporting in leading key clinical strategies, supporting and enhancing clinical services across all national sites, working closely with local theatre management and perioperative teams to shape a consistently safe, high-performing, and patient-focused environment.

Main duties of the job

This is a complex and high-influence role, which requires a rare combination of strategic thinking, subject matter expertise, data informed insight and strong leadership. It includes system wide improvement and policy development, therefore, clinical leadership and direct engagement with our clinical teams and partners are a core part of the role.

In this role, you will act as a national leader, mentor, and resource to local Theatre Leads and their teams, supporting quality enhancement and compliance. You will provide expert clinical insight and support colleagues across operational and governance roles to make informed, patient-centred decisions. Your responsibilities will include supporting with the design and evolution of clinical models and theatre pathways, incorporating national policy, research, and local feedback.

About us

Newmedica are one of the leading providers of NHS ophthalmology services in England, providing outpatients appointments, diagnostic testing and eye surgery. We aim to change lives through better sight and eye health.

We care for thousands of NHS and private patients a year in our specialist eye clinics across the country. We are thrilled to say that following an independently conducted survey of Newmedica colleagues to tell us what its like to work here, we have been certified as a Great Place to Work for the second year running. The feedback has directly contributed to Newmedica being listed among the UK's top 50 Best Workplaces for 2025.

Job responsibilities

• Act as a national leader, mentor and resource to local Theatre Leads and their teams, supporting them to develop their teams to enhance quality, and maintain compliance within their services.
• Contribute expert clinical insight, supporting colleagues across operational and governance roles to make informed, patient-centred decisions.
• Support the design and evolution of clinical models and theatre pathways, bringing in national policy, emerging research, and local feedback to co-create better ways of working.
• Shape and support the clinical infrastructure for service expansion or new clinical models, providing expertise on theatre design, IPC, workforce, and risk.
• Serve as a respected, accessible source of clinical support to theatre teams, offering guidance on best practice, coaching on complex issues, and celebrating local innovations and success.

Person Specification

Essential Experience:

• Extensive experience within the theatre environment, including clinical management.
• Actively practice in an extended scope within ophthalmology, bringing specialised expertise such as intravitreal injecting and medical retina.
• Proven experience in managing teams, including direct reports, with a focus on development and performance improvement.

Essential Skills and Personal Attributes:

• Ability to inspire staff with authentic and credible leadership qualities.
• Able to lead and motivate others with strong influence and negotiation skills.
• Can make and implement complex decisions in a time of competing priorities and needs.

Essential Qualifications:

• Registered professional with HCPC or NMC registration