Theatre Operations & Capacity Optimization Manager

NHG Health; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NHG Health in Singapore seeks a Manager to translate priorities into practical workplans for Operating Theatre Operations. You will coordinate multi-stakeholder planning and deliver measurable outcomes to improve theatre utilisation and case flow.

You will track OT utilisation, turnaround times, delays and cancellations, maintain dashboards for senior management, and drive process improvements with clinical, nursing and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience, preferably in surgical services or hospital operations.
• Strong analytical capability with experience in performance tracking, dashboard reporting, data interpretation and structured follow-up of operational issues.
• Experience in process review, value‑stream mapping, quality improvement, automation, digitisation, inventory governance, or renovation and expansion coordination would be advantageous.
• Meticulous and analytical with excellent organisational and coordination skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work with diverse stakeholders.
• Proactive, service-orientated mindset with a dedication to quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support OT leadership and plan day-to-day resource planning, coordination and monitoring.
• Coordinate multi-stakeholder planning to improve theatre utilisation, case flow, on-time starts and turnover.
• Support OT optimisation initiatives to improve access to care and surgical capacity.
• Maintain OT dashboard and senior management reports for key indicators; translate insights into workplans and follow-up.
• Assist with inventory governance, including SKU and par levels, and reorganise OT stores and SOPs.
• Coordinate requirements for capacity expansion and infrastructure development, track milestones, and align inputs across stakeholders.
• Drive improvement through value-stream mapping, automation and digitalisation initiatives to enhance patient care and efficiency.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Dashboard reporting tools

Automation tools

Job description

NHG Health in Singapore seeks a Manager to translate priorities into practical workplans for Operating Theatre Operations. You will coordinate multi-stakeholder planning and deliver measurable outcomes to improve theatre utilisation and case flow.

You will track OT utilisation, turnaround times, delays and cancellations, maintain dashboards for senior management, and drive process improvements with clinical, nursing and operations teams.