Job summary
Full Time Permanent Post

The post holder will have responsibility for leading, facilitating and developing education, training and workforce development across the Theatre Departments at Southport and Ormskirk sites. The role will provide visible clinical and educational leadership, ensuring staff are supported to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies required to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based perioperative care.

The role will be undertaken on a 50% clinical / 50% education basis, maintaining regular clinical practice within the theatre environment whilst leading the education and development agenda. This dual role will ensure training programmes remain clinically relevant, responsive to service needs and aligned with best practice.

Please note the JD and PS are subject to AfC review

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership through maintaining a 50% clinical role within theatre services.
• Lead and coordinate education, training and workforce development activities across Southport and Ormskirk theatres.
• Support student placements and practice learning environments.
• Lead on medical device training and competency assurance.
• Promote evidence-based practice, research and quality improvement.
• Support workforce planning, succession planning and staff retention initiatives.
• Contribute to policy development and clinical governance activities.
• Develop collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support achievement of operational, quality, workforce and financial objectives.
• Act as a professional role model and advocate for high standards of perioperative care and education.

About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 409-8359925
Closing date: 28 October 2026

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: NMC/HCPC registration
• Essential: Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
• Essential: Post graduate qualification in mentorship or equivalent experience
• Desirable: Post graduate certificate in leadership
• Desirable: North West Simulation Education Network Educational qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Essential: Clinical experience within a surgical environment in theatres
• Essential: Knowledge and expertise of Surgical speciality/specialities as a scrub practitioner
• Desirable: Knowledge and experience of other surgical specialities

Skills

• Essential: IT skills
• Essential: Excellent communication skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Contact
Theatre Education & Training Lead: Angela Wilden, angela.wilden@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk, 01695656020

Shortlisting and interview dates
Advertising date: 20th October 2026. Closing date: 28th October 2026. Shortlisting date: 29th October 2026. Proposed Interview date: W/C 2nd November 2026. This post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

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