Team Leader Elective Orthopaedic Theatres

University Hospitals Of Leicester Nhs Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust invites a dynamic Team Leader for the Elective Orthopaedic Theatre at Leicester General Hospital. Lead a multidisciplinary team, ensure safe, efficient patient care and drive continuous improvement within a busy elective theatre environment.

You will role-model professional standards, coordinate 24/7 theatre activity, and support staff development while upholding trust values and patient experience at the forefront.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Commitment to quality, safety and patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and inspirational leadership to the multidisciplinary team.
• Act as an expert clinical practitioner delivering high-quality care.
• Model clinical and managerial excellence across the organisation.
• Support learners and supervise practice for students and new staff.
• Manage defined caseloads with assessment, planning and evaluation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Quality & Safety

Staff Development

Change Management

Education

RN/ODP - First Level

Post-registration CPD

Practice Assessor experience

Job description

Job summary

Team Leader- Elective Orthopaedic Theatre

Leicester General Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Elective Orthopaedic Theatre team as a Team Leader.

In this key role, you will lead a skilled team of Theatre Practitioners and Support Staff, promoting a culture of excellence, teamwork and continuous improvement. Working closely with the operational team, you will help ensure the delivery of safe, efficient and high-quality patient care.

We are seeking a visible and approachable leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for supporting staff development and maintaining high standards of care.

What we're looking for:

• Proven leadership and team management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Commitment to quality, safety and patient-centred care
• Flexible and adaptable approach to service delivery
• Ability to drive change and service improvement

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a specialist theatre team while further developing your leadership career.

Join us and help shape the future of Elective Orthopaedic Theatres at Leicester General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, hardworking, and enthusiastic, with a willingness to lead from the front.

You will be responsible for setting the standards and supporting your team to deliver these, sharing the Trust's values and ambitions, with the patient's safety and experience at the forefront of what you do.

You will also undertake the role of floor control, coordinating theatre activity to cover 24/7 service delivery where required and providing a direct line of contact for wider site and Trust wide actions.

Evidence of experience at a senior level (or equivalent), including leadership and management skills, as well as being able to establish credible working relationships quickly and hold excellent organisational skills are essential.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030). We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities. Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Job responsibilities

• Provide direction, effective and inspirational leadership to all members of the multi disciplinary team within the area for which they are accountable.
• Act as an expert clinical practitioner providing through themselves and their theatre team an excellent quality of care to patients and service users.
• Act as a clinical and managerial role model within the theatre team, CMG and across the wider organisation/Division.
• Take responsibility for the provision of a supportive learning environment for all students on placement and newly appointed staff within the theatre for which they are responsible.
• Practice clinically in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a defined caseload.

Please see job description/person specification for further details on the role.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• RGN/ODP - First Level
• Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Have completed a Practice Assessor preparation day and have recent experience in supporting learners in your workplace and supervising their progress and assessing their practice

Desirable

• Degree in nursing or health related subject
• Clinical Leadership Programme(e.g. LEO, RCN, ILM)
• Post graduate qualification
• Recognised NMC/HCPC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience with additional years in deputy position in clinical environment.
• Demonstrates a high level of clinical expertise
• Good understanding of quality, safety and risk management.
• Knowledge of the role in the context of local and National plans and professional strategies to deliver services within the current and future NHS.
• Experience of Patient and Public Involvement and qualitative data collection application to improving patient experience.

Desirable

• Development of multi- disciplinary working practices
• Demonstrates knowledge of clinical risk management
• Audit experience / research skills

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Use initiative and has the ability to lead and co-ordinate a multi- disciplinary team
• Dynamic, challenging individual, able to lead a team
• Good verbal and written skills
• Able to influence other professional groups
• Acts as a Clinical Role model and Support for all Multi disciplinary learners within the ward or department.
• Participates in formal and informal teaching

Desirable

• Project management
• Computer literacy

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Evidence of self-motivation
• Ability to prioritise
• Evidence of successful change management

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Evidence of innovation and achievements in Clinical Practice
• Recognises own limitations
• Is familiar with a budget spread sheet and its interpretation.
• Can analyse activity data and plans workforce accordingly.
• Demonstrate the ability to see problems arising and plan to avoid or manage them appropriately.
• Passed by occupational health as fit to undertake role .

Desirable

• Business planning experience
• Previous budget management. Maintains sickness levels within Trust target.

Skills

Essential

• In-depth knowledge of all aspects of theatre processes and patient care and awareness of recent advances in clinical practice.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of professional issues at local and national level. Practical knowledge and ability to apply professional clinical and managerial skills to extended scope of role.

Desirable

• Project management
• Innovative and creative leadership skills/techniques

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and implement and use new ways of working
• Knowledge of budgetary management

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address: Leicester General Hospital Gwendolen Road Leicester LE5 4PW United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Matron Joanna Nikolic [e-mail] 01162584517

Details

Date posted: 01 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

358-8269046-ITA

Job locations

Leicester General Hospital Gwendolen Road Leicester LE5 4PW United Kingdom

Supporting documents

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Additional disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).