Theatre Manager

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Theatre Manager to oversee optimal operations at the University Hospital of Wales. The role includes managing theatre resources, providing leadership and clinical advice to enhance performance, and ensuring governance. Ideal candidates should have NHS management experience and relevant qualifications, with a capacity for strategic planning and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Significant NHS management experience leading a multi-disciplinary team.
• Current registration with NMC or HCPC.
• Improving Quality Together - IQT qualification.

Responsibilities

• Manage theatre operations and compliance with performance measures.
• Provide leadership and advice to the clinical board.
• Ensure effective running of Theatre information systems.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

Master Degree or equivalent experience

Postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience

Registered Nurse or Registered Operating Department Practitioner

Job description

Go back Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Theatre Manager

The closing date is 10 July 2025

Theatre Manager for University Hospital of Wales Theatres

The post-holder will ensure optimal use of theatres in relation to booked operating sessions and availability to meet the demands of elective and emergency work by overseeing the day-to-day service management issues, liaising with departments and teams as required. The post holder will be a key source of clinical advice and support to the Directorate, Clinical Board and Executive teams and will provide strong leadership and direction to all staff across the service and act as a point of contact for advice and expertise relating to professional issues.

Main duties of the job

Lead the department to achieve compliance against performance measures (finance, activity, and quality) providing advice, analysis and information as required. You will also be required to manage a developing and changing service, demonstrating an understanding of the implications of developing new ideas and ways of working and mitigating these with a 'can do' attitude encouraging staff to do likewise. You will need to maximise the use of resources by prioritising cost pressures and contribute to the delivery of the department's efficiency targets. Support the General Manager in the effective running of Theatre information systems, for example Theatre Man, Consultant electronic system, also ensuring that the information contained within the systems are accurate and reports are meaningful. You will also be responsible for good governance of the department by supporting and promoting the development and implementation of services, that reflects the principles of clinical governance.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is"Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and ourvision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Postgraduate diploma level or equivalent experience
• Registered Nurse or Registered Operating Department Practitioner.
• Current registration with the NMC or HCPC.
• Improving Quality Together - IQT qualification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of safeguarding adults/children including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
• Solid understanding of the agenda facing Theatres.
• Experience of managing and leading in the NHS.

Experience

• Significant NHS management experience, leading a large multi-disciplinary clinical team in an acute healthcare environment.
• Experience of leading and management service development and evidence of achieving improvement.
• Financial management experience including evidence of delivery within budget and timescales.
• Successful management of change in a complex organisation.
• Developing successful business cases.
• Strategic Planning

Skills & Abilities

• Capacity to operate and think laterally at an operational level.
• Ability to work effectively with a multi-professional team. Self-motivated with problem solving skills.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and maintain consistently high quality of work
• Building a culture that is commuted to the values and behaviours of the UHB

Professional Qualities

• Commitment to the UHB values and behaviours
• Integrity Effective under pressure

Other

• Able to travel across the UHB as part of the role and to attend meetings outside of the UHB as required.
• Participate in the UHB on-call rota
• Ability to speak Welsh

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.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board