Neuro Theatre Clinical Manager - Scrub Job London area,Greater London England UK,Nursing

Location: Greater London

Position

Neuro Theatre Clinical Manager – Scrub

Closing date: 12 July 2026

Overview

At the heart of King's College Hospital is the Neurosciences Centre, providing highly specialised care for both children and adults at local, regional, national, and international levels. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work within a fast‑paced and highly specialised Neuro Theatre environment supporting a wide range of complex procedures, including:

Complex spinal surgery
Neuroangiography and interventional neuroradiology
MRI under anaesthesia/sedation
Major trauma and emergency neurosurgical care

We are seeking a committed, innovative, and theatre‑experienced BSc RN/ODP to join our senior nursing team as Neuro Theatre Clinical Manager for the Scrub Team. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading and supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and high‑quality perioperative care while contributing to ongoing service development and improvement alongside the Theatre Band 7 team. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop leadership and specialist theatre skills within a renowned neurosurgery setting, supporting a highly skilled workforce and delivering an excellent patient experience across Neuro Theatres.

The team is supported by an experienced Lead Nurse and Matron, promoting a collaborative, innovative, and supportive working environment.

We encourage previous applicants to re‑apply after 6 months from their previous application.

Main Duties of the Job

Act as a professional role model, demonstrating clinical excellence and leadership at all times.
Lead and coordinate the Neuro Theatre team, maintaining continuing responsibility for the effective management and organisation of the clinical area.
Take responsibility for patient safety, patient experience, and the overall quality of care within the Neuro Theatre Department.
Undertake patient assessment and clinical management, ensuring the team consistently delivers a high standard of care.
Ensure the wellbeing, dignity, and comfort of patients are maintained at all times.
Support the development, teaching, appraisal, and wellbeing of all staff, including registered and unregistered team members.
Manage designated budgets effectively and contribute to the efficient use of departmental resources.

Job Responsibilities Clinical Practice

To work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and Procedures
To act as an expert for the care of a specified group of patients, providing effective leadership, acting as a positive role model and demonstrating advanced specialist practitioner skills.
To ensure compassionate care is delivered at all times in designated clinical area. To take remedial steps where this is not consistently delivered.
To ensure patient privacy and dignity is maintained at all time and to be complaint with single sex accommodation.
To communicate effectively with patients, their relatives and carers and all healthcare personnel
To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, taking every opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle.
To promote a holistic and multi‑disciplinary approach to care, ensuring continuity of care.
In conjunction with the matron and other clinical co‑ordinators within Inpatient Theatres, to develop clinical policies and protocols relevant to the area, ensuring that practice is evidence based
To be responsible for compliance with key quality indicators within designated clinical area. To activate remedial plan to improve any non compliance, ensuring involvement and engagement of the matron

Education and Research

To ensure the development and provision of a good quality clinical learning environment that supports students and continuing professional development.
To be responsible for ensuring that a professional support system is developed and implemented for all practitioners within the department.
In conjunction with the Practice Development Nurse ensure that staff receive appropriate education
Together with the Practice Development Nurse, to ensure the designated staff have up to date completed all mandatory learning programmes
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