Manager, Operating Theatre Ops (Central Hospital) HCY

recruit express pte ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Express Pte Ltd is seeking a senior clinical operations professional to lead OT resource planning, analytics, and transformation initiatives in Singapore. The role focuses on improving theatre utilisation, capacity planning, and SOP-driven inventory governance.

The successful candidate will bring 10+ years in healthcare operations, experience in surgical services or perioperative workflows, and strong data analytics capabilities to move from retrospective reporting to proactive OT

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in any discipline, preferably with healthcare ops exposure.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience, ideally in surgical services or OT operations.

Responsibilities

• Support OT resource planning and day-to-day operations in theatres.
• Coordinate multi-stakeholder planning to improve theatre utilisation and flow.
• Support initiatives to enhance access to care and surgical capacity.
• Maintain OT dashboards and senior management reports for key metrics.
• Translate insights into workplans, trackers and escalation where needed.
• Collaborate on inventory governance and SOP improvements for OT stores.
• Coordinate major OT development workstreams and infrastructure planning.
• Drive process reviews, value-stream mapping, and automation opportunities.

Skills

Healthcare operations

Process improvement

Data analytics

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in any discipline

Job description

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Operations

• Support Deputy Director (OT Operations), with guidance from Head, Inpatient Operations, Executive Director (OT Services), Assistant Director (Nursing) and Senior Nurse Manager (OT Operations), in day-to-day OT resource planning, coordination and monitoring.
• Coordinate multi-stakeholder planning, discussion and follow-up – to improve theatre utilisation, case flow, on time starts, turnover and operational excellence across all OTs.
• Support OT efforts in various optimisation initiatives to improve access to care and surgical capacity.

Data Analytics and OT Optimisation

• Maintain OT dashboard and senior management reports, for key operational indicators.
• Translate dashboard insights into workplans, trackers, structured follow-up and timely escalation of issues requiring leadership attention, if necessary.
• Strong analytical skills, to support capacity planning, simulations and predictive analytics; collaborating with relevant teams and stakeholders, to move from retrospective reporting to proactive OT optimisation and decision support.

Inventory Governance and Transformation

• Support Deputy Director and Senior Nurse Manager (OT Operations) with improving inventory governance, including review of all SKU and par levels, alongside existing staff.
• Work with nursing, MMD and OT Ops staff to reorganise OT stores, streamline processes, convert appropriate non-stock items to stock, and strengthen SOPs and work instructions.
• Support smart inventory pilots and scale-up, and the use and adoption of relevant tools and technology, with the aim of improving stock accuracy, reducing wastage and expiry, and minimising case disruptions due to stock issues.

Future Capacity Expansion and Infrastructure Development

• Coordinate requirements and milestone tracking for major OT development workstreams, including Medical Tower, Hybrid OT, OT ramp-up initiatives, and future OT service models.
• Consolidate and align clinical and operational inputs across stakeholders for submissions to senior leadership, planning teams, Finance, HR and external agencies where required.
• Track dependencies, risks and key decisions to support timely completion of planning, readiness and implementation milestones for OT expansion, A&A works and infrastructure development.

Improvement and Innovation

• Conduct process reviews and value-stream mapping to identify systemic inefficiencies, bottlenecks and opportunities for redesign.
• Coordinate with surgical HODs, surgeons, anaesthetists, nursing and operations teams to co-design, test, implement, iterate, and improve OT flow and patient experience.
• Advocate and support the adoption of automation, digitisation, job redesign and relevant technologies to close operational gaps, improve productivity and enable sustainable workforce transformation.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• A bachelor’s degree in any discipline, with preference for candidates with experience in healthcare operations, process improvement, data analytics and/or project management.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience, preferably in surgical services, operating theatre operations, perioperative workflows, healthcare planning and/or service transformation.