Theatre Team Manager - Scrub

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The post holder will drive safe perioperative practice, coordinate workforce resources, and support continuous quality improvement while promoting staff development and an inclusive working culture across the theatre teams.

Qualifications

• Lead and manage the scrub team across multiple surgical specialties.
• Provide senior clinical leadership and operational management for the scrub team.
• Promote clinical excellence and contribute to departmental objectives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of perioperative care within protocols and standards.
• Ensure safe, efficient running of operating lists.
• Support staff development and foster inclusive working environment.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Operational management

Perioperative care

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registered nurse / ODP

UK theatre qualifications

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to provide clinical and operational leadership within our busy Theatre Department. The postholders will lead and manage the scrub team across two or three of the following surgical specialties: General Surgery (including colorectal and bariatrics), Urology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Paediatrics, ENT and Orthopaedics and Trauma.

The Theatre Department comprises of 11 operating theatres across two floors, delivering a wide range of elective and emergency surgical services. You will work closely with consultants, anaesthetists, theatre practitioners, floor coordinators, ward teams, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of perioperative care., The postholder will provide senior clinical leadership and operational management for the designated specialty scrub team. The role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred perioperative care, maintaining patient safety, coordinating workforce resources, and supporting the smooth running of operating lists.

As an expert practitioner, the postholder will maintain advanced specialist knowledge within their designated surgical specialties and act as a key resource for staff, patients, and the multidisciplinary team. They will promote clinical excellence, development, and contribute to the achievement of departmental, divisional, and organisational objectives.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong team, clinical and operational leadership skills, sound clinical judgement, and a commitment to continuous quality improvement. They will foster a positive and inclusive working environment, support staff development, and champion the highest standards of patient care, safety, and professional practice.

The postholder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality perioperative care, effective workforce coordination, and the smooth running of operating lists.

Working autonomously and in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the postholder will coordinate and deliver patient care within agreed clinical protocols, professional standards, and current evidence-based practice.,

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking 2 experienced, forward thinking and motivated Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) to join our excellent Theatre team at University Hospital Lewisham.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations