Team Leader - Neuro Theatres | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cambridge is seeking a skilled Band 7 Theatre Practitioner. This pivotal role requires extensive scrub and/or anaesthetic experience, leadership, and clinical excellence to ensure high-quality patient care. You will lead operations within Neuro Theatres, manage staff, and contribute to service improvements. The position also offers opportunities for continuous professional development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel

Flexible working arrangements

24/7 hot food availability on campus

Qualifications

• Extensive scrub and/or anaesthetic experience in a theatre setting.
• Strong clinical, leadership and management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily activities within Neuro Theatres and related services.
• Make safe decisions in complex clinical situations.
• Manage staff supervision, development, and performance.
• Improve services and patient outcomes.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Band 7 Theatre Practitioner with extensive scrub and/or anaesthetic experience to join our dynamic team. As a senior member of staff, you will play a pivotal role in delivering safe, high-quality patient care while maintaining strong clinical, leadership and management skills within a supportive senior team structure.

Responsibilities

• Leading and coordinating the day-to-day activities within Neuro Theatres, 24/7 Thrombectomy, and weekday Neuro Radiology Services.
• Demonstrating effective and safe decision-making in complex clinical situations.
• Taking an active role in all aspects of staff management, including supervision, development, and performance.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of services and patient outcomes.

What we offer

• A full and comprehensive orientation package tailored to your individual needs.
• Ongoing professional support from our dedicated Practice Education Team.
• Access to continuous training and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential.
• The chance to work within a forward-thinking and innovative organisation that values excellence and puts patients at the heart of everything we do.

About Cambridge University Hospitals

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 2 November 2025. Interviews are due to be held on 11 November 2025.

Benefits

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This advert closes on Sunday 2 Nov 2025