General Theatre Team Leader

Job summary

Musgrove Park Hospital Theatres are expanding intro a new Surgical Centre in 2025. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a experienced theatre practitioner to join our leadership team. We require a team leader who can deliver and support the service with improving utilisation, and ensuring patients are receiving the best possible care. It is desirable that the candidate has experience of all general surgical specialities, specifically colorectal and urology, or willing to learn.

Successful applicants must be able to lead, teach and support junior staff in all aspects of perioperative practice. You will also ensure full utilisation of theatres with emphasis on maintenance, safety and compliance with protocols and guidelines.

We would welcome applicants with excellent organisational skills who could lead a team of registered practitioner's and health care assistants in an ever expanding, exciting service which has patient care at the centre of everything we do.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will act as a role model in the delivery of consistent, high quality perioperative practice. They will deputise for the clinical manager and will support the leadership and management of the wider operating department, with an emphasis on quality care and clinical standards.

The theatre team leader will have an understanding of finances, the deployment, delegation and supervision of all grades of staff and be visible and approachable for patients, staff and visitors. They will facilitate and promote team work within a multi-professional environment.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.

You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.

We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.

Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone! 

Job description

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner

Knowledge of a broad range of theatre procedures and instrumentation/ processes equivalent to post graduate level acquired through Diploma /Degree plus experience and

further study or qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge associated with the practice setting.

Experience

Essential

Recent experience within theatres working as a registered practitioner in an acute practice setting involving the supervision/education of junior staff

Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration

Evidence of effective multi-professional working

Experienced mentor / assessor /student supervisor

Desirable

Experience of supporting the implementation change including new procedures/ processes

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

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 m