Job Summary

I am seeking a very experienced clinical band 6 with a strong background in perioperative leadership, operational management, and delivery of safe, efficient surgical services within complex healthcare environments, including coordination of complex cases, specialist equipment, and multidisciplinary teams within high-acuity theatre settings. Skilled in theatre flow management, workforce planning, clinical governance, patient safety, and service improvement. Experienced in managing operational pressures, embedding human factors principles, clinical auditing, and leading quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and theatre performance. Recognised for maintaining high clinical standards, supporting staff development, and providing effective leadership within fast-paced surgical environments.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

• Responsible for overseeing daily theatre operations within theatres, coordinating elective and emergency activity, managing staffing and skill mix, supporting patient flow, and ensuring safe standards of care across perioperative services.
• Experienced in clinical governance, incident management, risk assessment, audit, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and operational performance.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• Specialist knowledge of theatres procedures / instrumentation acquired through degree or diploma plus experience and further post-registration study / experience or management qualification in a related field, i.e.: anaesthetic / 1st Assistant, or an equivalent level of knowledge

Desirable

• Health care /management / leadership qualification at Degree or Masters Level

Experience

Essential

• Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute care setting within theatres / relevant practice setting as a Band 6 deputy manager or equivalent or above including the supervision, deployment, and education of junior staff
• Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in at least 2 areas of perioperative practice (anaesthetics, scrub or recovery), and in different specialties including elective and emergency practice settings
• Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Evidence of effective multi-professional working with reference to decisions on issues arising from surgical emergencies and coordinating actions
• Experience of being a mentor, assessor, and supervisor of students and junior staff
• Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department
• Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review/adjust staff rotas
• Experience of supporting the implementation of new procedures/processes
• Demonstration of recent involvement / significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
• Experience in interviewing and selecting staff
• Experience in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Wide knowledge of a range of pre and post-operative care, ability to plan and organise duties / service requirements associated with physical and human resources, ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff
• Can demonstrate understanding associated with human and physical resource management and application across a team working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Can demonstrate understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines
• Can demonstrate understanding of delegated financial authority associated with being a budget holder
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience in staff appraisal / performance review and talent management / succession planning
• Can demonstrate understanding of clinical governance/patient safety and risk management in relation to the practice setting
• Can demonstrate understanding of HR policy application in relation to staff / management
• Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to clinical, financial and workforce governance associated with the role
• Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to workforce planning, development, and staff deployment
• Demonstrates current NHS Policy / Political awareness in relation to the role