Operational Manager Theatres Department

Operational Manager

Currently we have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Sterile Services professional to join a leading specialist NHS Trust, providing strategic and operational leadership across its Theatre Sterile Services Unit (TSSU).

Salary: Band 8a
Position: Sterile Services Operational Manager
Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week
Setting: NHS Acute / Specialist Hospital
Location: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London

• Lead the Trust-wide provision and management of decontamination services.
• Provide day-to-day operational management and leadership of the TSSU.
• Ensure compliance with national decontamination standards, regulations and Trust policies.
• Lead clinical governance, quality assurance, audit and risk management across services.
• Provide specialist decontamination advice to senior leaders and clinical teams.
• Manage staffing, resources, procurement, budgets and service performance effectively.
• Lead service improvement, transformation and implementation of the Trust’s decontamination strategy.

• Extensive management experience within Sterile Services, theatres or a comparable environment.
• Relevant professional qualification, such as IDSc, RGN Theatres or ODP.
• Significant knowledge and experience implementing ISO standards and decontamination requirements.
• Proven experience leading teams, quality improvement, change management and service development.
• Strong strategic, communication, negotiation and organisational skills.

• Agenda for Change Band 8a position.
• Full-time, permanent NHS opportunity.
• Leadership role within a specialist orthopaedic Trust.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Opportunity to lead Trust-wide decontamination services.
• Supportive multidisciplinary working environment.
• Opportunities to deliver meaningful service improvements.