Theatre Team Manager - Scrub specialising in orthopaedics

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder provides senior clinical leadership and operational management for the Trauma and Orthopaedics scrub team within the theatre department. The role ensures safe, efficient, and highquality perioperative care, effective workforce coordination, and the smooth delivery of trauma and elective orthopaedic operating lists. The postholder acts as a specialist resource for staff, patients, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Autonomously or in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, manage the care of patients carrying out relevant interventions, within agreed clinical protocols and in line with current practice/trends.

To offer a supportive service to patients and their carers, disseminating specialist knowledge enabling individuals to try and adapt to any changes to their body image and life experiences. Liaising with other healthcare professionals when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership and Expertise

- Maintain advanced specialist knowledge of trauma and orthopaedic surgical procedures, instrumentation, implants, and consumables.

- Act as the clinical expert for T&O scrub practice, providing guidance, troubleshooting, and decisionmaking support during complex cases.

- Ensure compliance with infection prevention, aseptic technique, and theatre safety standards.

Operational Management of Theatre Lists

- Oversee the daily coordination of trauma and elective orthopaedic theatre lists, ensuring appropriate staffing, equipment availability, and readiness of theatres.

- Allocate and adjust staffing to maintain safe skill mix, escalating risks where required.

- Work proactively to minimise avoidable cancellations, delays, and overruns by identifying issues early and implementing corrective actions.

- Liaise with surgeons, anaesthetists, floor coordinators, and schedulers to maintain efficient patient flow.

Workforce Leadership and Staff Development

- Provide daytoday leadership for scrub practitioners, including supervision, mentoring, and clinical support.

- Lead on performance management, sickness management, appraisals, and professional development plans.

- Support staff in achieving competencies, extended roles, and specialist orthopaedic skills.

- Promote a positive, inclusive, and highperforming team culture.

Equipment, Consumables, and Resource Management

- Ensure correct selection, availability, and maintenance of orthopaedic instruments, implants, and consumables.

- Work closely with equipment officers and suppliers to resolve issues, manage stock levels, and support procurement decisions.

- Contribute to costeffective use of resources and reduction of waste.

Governance, Quality, and Safety

- Lead or support investigations into incidents, near misses, and complaints, ensuring timely reporting, and implementation of corrective actions.

- Monitor compliance with safety checklists, policies, and regulatory standards.

- Participate in audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development projects.

Collaborative Working

- Work closely with other Band 7 theatre managers, the Matron, floor coordinators, and the wider perioperative leadership team to ensure consistent standards and coordinated service delivery.

- Build strong relationships with orthopaedic consultants, anaesthetic teams, ward staff, and operational managers.

- Contribute to strategic planning for trauma and orthopaedic services, including pathway redesign and workforce development.

Additional Expectations

- Participate in the senior leadership rota as required.

- Support change management, service redesign, and improvement projects aligned with organisational priorities.

- Maintain professional registration and engage in ongoing CPD relevant to trauma and orthopaedics.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional/clinical qualification (RN/ RODP)
• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience Possession of relevant education/teaching certification
• Possession of speciality post registration certificate or equivalent

Desirable

• oKnowledge of quality standards

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of experience within operational management in an acute hospital setting in a senior nurse/ODP/midwife role
• Evidence of experience within the relevant speciality / service
• Effective leadership skills and an understanding of leadership and change management practice
• Evidence of having developed team working skills and implemented team working practices - this includes the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve all team members
• Track record of effectively handling competing priorities, meeting challenging deadlines and delivering under pressure.
• Experience of dealing with financial systems i.e. budgetary control, Clinical Governance, Health and Safety and Human resources.
• Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management

Desirable

• Lead an audit and/or research
• Leading a service
• Knowledge/understanding of quality improvement methodology

Knowledge

Essential

• oExcellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• oComputer Skills
• oAbility to conduct own project successfully

Desirable

• oChange management

personal Qualities

Essential

• Strong, inclusive and effective leadership style
• Creative, lateral thinker
• Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with a flexible management style
• Flexible and positive approach to work
• Determined and resilient

Desirable

• Committed to collaborative working

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

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

Woolwich

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)