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Job Summary

Are you an experienced and motivated theatre practitioner ready to take the next step in your leadership career?
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Orthopaedic Theatre Team Leader to provide clinical leadership within our busy orthopaedic operating theatres.
As Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient‑centred care and maintaining professional standards within the theatre setting. This is an exciting opportunity for a compassionate, forward-thinking individual with extensive scrub experience in orthopaedics who is ready to lead and inspire a skilled team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the daily running of orthopaedic theatre lists.
• Allocate duties based on team members' skills and experience.
• Provide guidance and mentorship for students, newly appointed staff, and junior colleagues.
• Support induction, competency assessments, and performance reviews.
• Facilitate team briefings, debriefs, and incident reviews.
• Liaise with surgeons, anaesthetists, and recovery teams to optimise theatre flow.
• Manage equipment and implant availability, liaising with suppliers and stores.
• Monitor adherence to service level agreements and escalates non‑compliance.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains.
• Reduce turnaround times and minimise case delays.

Apply now and become part of a team that values excellence, compassion, and innovation.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About Us

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

Key Details

• Date posted
  : 23 December 2025
• Pay scheme
  :
  Agenda for change
• Band
  :
  Band 6
• Salary
  : £38,682 to £46,580 per annum
• Contract
  :
  Permanent
• Working pattern
  :
  Full‑time
• Reference number
  : 214‑SRG‑7546186‑A
• Job locations
  :
  King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL

Person Specification Essential Knowledge Requirements

• Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills
• Effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills
• Change management and leadership skills

Essential Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse or Diploma in Operating Department Practice or equivalent

Further Training

• Evidence of personal and professional development in perioperative practice/management

Desirable

• Diploma in Management or relevant to post or willingness to undertake related diploma‑level study

Essential Experience

• Significant experience as a Senior Operating Department Practitioner/1st level registered nurse
• Experience as a scrub practitioner

Essential Contractual Requirements

• Regular attendance
• Ability to work flexibly
• Cover unsociable hours, including on‑calls

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer name
:
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
:
King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL

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