Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior Theatre Team Leader

The closing date is 25 November 2026

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Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and highly motivated Registered Practitioner to join our Theatre Leadership Team as a Band 7 Anaesthetics and Recovery Senior Team Leader.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and forward-thinking clinical leader with strong professional knowledge, excellent leadership skills and the ability to inspire, support and develop others. The post is offered on a permanent, part-time basis for 19 hours per week, with the potential for additional hours in the future.

In this role, you will provide clinical leadership across our Anaesthetics and Recovery teams, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality perioperative care. You will play a key role in leading and developing the teams, promoting excellence in clinical practice and ensuring the effective and efficient use of staffing and resources.

You will foster a positive and supportive culture that values learning, professional development, teamwork and continuous improvement. As a strong advocate for patients, you will champion compassionate, individualised care, ensuring that patient safety, dignity and wellbeing remain at the heart of everything we do.

Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the operational management and ongoing improvement of the theatre service. You will provide visible leadership and support across the department and deputise for the Theatre Matron as required.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure high standards of patient care at all times through the effective management of staff and resources
• To lead a regular programme of education and development for registered and unregistered staff to optimum potential
• To promote the role of the theatre practitioner as the patient advocate throughout the peri-operative process
• To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate all aspects of patient care
• To liaise and work closely with the person taking continuing responsibility for the Operating Theatres
• To accept personal responsibility and accountability for infection prevention and control practice
• To deputise for the theatre matron as necessary

About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

• Being open and honest
• Ensuring people feel cared for
• Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details
Date posted: 11 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9365-26-0886
Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:

• To ensure high standards of patient care at all times through the effective management of staff and resources
• To lead a regular programme of education and development for registered and unregistered staff to optimum potential
• To promote the role of the theatre practitioner as the patient advocate throughout the peri-operative process
• To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate all aspects of patient care
• To liaise and work closely with the person taking continuing responsibility for the Operating Theatres
• To accept personal responsibility and accountability for infection prevention and control practice
• To deputise for the theatre matron as necessary

Key Duties:
Management

• To ensure that duty rotas for staff provide effective and suitably qualified and experienced staff to cover the requirements of a 24 hours service
• To actively participate in the co-ordination of the theatre department, ensuring the best use of available staff to provide safe patient care on a 24 hour basis
• To meet with your team leaders on a regular basis both as a group and individually and to keep records of discussions
• To take all measures to ensure safety and report all accidents/incidents/near misses on the datix system
• To take responsibility for the investigation of incidences using the datix process and to ensure that learning is shared and embedded in clinical practice
• To lead risk management within own area of responsibility, participating in the identification analysis of risk
• To have an understanding of the theatre budget, ensuring efficient and effective utilisation of resources
• To be conversant with trust policies, procedures and to participate in the development of policies/procedures where appropriate
• To ensure that staff attendance is appropriately managed where it falls below trust expectations
• To participate in the selection and recruitment of staff
• To ensure that your team appraisals are effective and done in a timely fashion in order to identify training needs to develop both staff and the theatre service
• To be responsible for the equipment in own specialty, ensuring that it is used safely and effectively, kept in working order and properly maintained

Education and Training

• To be aware current and most up to date research and developments to ensure high standards of practise within theatres and to maintain a wide knowledge of current health / surgical / peri-operative issues
• To facilitate teamwork and a no blame culture that supports staff to learn and develop
• To assist and participate in the induction programme for newly appointed staff
• To maintain a learning environment where the training and development needs of individuals can be met, supporting staff to develop clinical and managerial skills
• To ensure all staff that are directly managed maintain high levels of mandatory training percentage through attending appropriate training or the completion of e-learning
• To participate in the development of training programmes in accordance with identified needs and in partnership with the education facilitator for theatres

Professional

• To maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the theatre practitioner in the best interest of the patient and in accordance with the nursing and ODP codes of conduct
• To promote a positive attitude towards peri-operative care and the trust
• To be responsible for their own personal and professional development and attend all mandatory training
• To encourage staff to participate in clinical supervision
• To counsel staff in relation to personal and professional matters
• To perform other duties as directed by theatre matron / senior theatre matron

General duties:

• Participate in the on-call rota or out of hours duties as required for emergency surgery
• To provide short-term cover for colleagues during periods of leave
• To adhere to the trusts IT policies regarding email and internet usage
• To ensure that all trust standards are maintained and monitored in order to improve the quality of care to all whom come into contact with services provided by this Trust

Every employee has a duty to take care of the health and safety of him / herself and of other persons who may be affected by his / her acts or omissions at work and to cooperate with the trust to ensure that statutory and trust regulations are complied with.

Person Specification
Other Job Requirements
Essential

• Enhanced disclosure clearance
• Organised with good time keeping skills
• Willing to work across hospital sites within scope of practice as and when required
• Able to work and cope with rotating shift patterns - early, late, night shifts over seven days of the week and on-call as necessary
• To deputise for the theatre matron / senior theatre matron as necessary

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
• Assertive, resourceful and approachable
• Able to demonstrate initiative and good time management
• Ability to advocate for patients, carers and staff
• Non-judgemental and able to promote individuals equality, diversity and rights
• Calm under pressure and able to deal with conflict

Desirable

• Can give examples of leadership and team building skills in current role

Skills/ Knowledge
Essential

• Specialist knowledge relevant to the role applied for
• Able to demonstrate effective leadership of staff
• Able to demonstrate effective teaching and development of staff and students
• Evidence of being involved in implementing quality improvement in the work place
• Evidence of being up-to-date with current issues in professional practice
• Fully aware of the Clinical Governance agenda
• Fully aware of principles of infection control
• Fully aware of Health & Safety at Work
• Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
• Budget management awareness
• IT skills

Desirable

• Can demonstrate delivery of improvements to clinical practice in current role

Experience
Essential

• Competent to scrub / assist anaesthetist / recover wide range of elective and emergency patients
• Experience of working in a senior team leader capacity
• Experience of day to day management of theatre suite
• Experience of leading clinical supervision or coaching conversations

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 (currently registered with NMC or Registered ODP (currently registered with HCPC)
• Evidence of teaching qualification/experience
• Evidence of relevant post registration education
• Evidence of portfolio development
• Leadership course

Desirable

• Masters degree or working towards
• Management course
• Budget training
• IT qualification

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Recruitment & Development Lead, Aimee Armstrong-Sly, aimee.armstrong-sly@nhs.net, 01905760685

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