# Team Leader, Elective Orthopaedic Theatres > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-elective-orthopaedic-theatres/84275973-9d12-4d95-8f20-e3ed6c525a74 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-elective-orthopaedic-theatres/84275973-9d12-4d95-8f20-e3ed6c525a74.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - **Location:** Leicester General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Team leader - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T13:00:54.661Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Leicestershire/Leicester/University_Hospitals_Leicester_NHS_Trust/Theatre_Team_Leader/Theatre_Team_Leader-v8269046 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8269046?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Team Leader- Elective Orthopaedic Theatre Leicester General Hospital An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Elective Orthopaedic Theatre team as a Team Leader. In this key role, you will lead a skilled team of Theatre Practitioners and Support Staff, promoting a culture of excellence, teamwork and continuous improvement. Working closely with the operational team, you will help ensure the delivery of safe, efficient and high-quality patient care. We are seeking a visible and approachable leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for supporting staff development and maintaining high standards of care. ### What we're looking for: - Proven leadership and team management skills - Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities - Commitment to quality, safety and patient-centred care - Flexible and adaptable approach to service delivery - Ability to drive change and service improvement This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a specialist theatre team while further developing your leadership career. Join us and help shape the future of Elective Orthopaedic Theatres at Leicester General Hospital. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, hardworking, and enthusiastic, with a willingness to lead from the front. You will be responsible for setting the standards and supporting your team to deliver these, sharing the Trust’s values and ambitions, with the patient’s safety and experience at the forefront of what you do. You will also undertake the role of floor control, coordinating theatre activity to cover 24/7 service delivery where required and providing a direct line of contact for wider site and Trust wide actions. Evidence of experience at a senior level (or equivalent), including leadership and management skills, as well as being able to establish credible working relationships quickly and hold excellent organisational skills are essential. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Provide direction, effective and inspirational leadership to all members of the multi disciplinary team within the area for which they are accountable. - Act as an expert clinical practitioner providing through themselves and their theatre team an excellent quality of care to patients and service users. - Act as a clinical and managerial role model within the theatre team, CMG and across the wider organisation/Division. - Take responsibility for the provision of a supportive learning environment for all students on placement and newly appointed staff within the theatre for which they are responsible. - Practice clinically in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a defined caseload. please see job description/person specification for further details on the role ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - In-depth knowledge of all aspects of theatre processes and patient care and awareness of recent advances in clinical practice. - - Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of professional issues at local and national level. Practical knowledge and ability to apply professional clinical and managerial skills to extended scope of role. **Desirable** - Project management - Innovative and creative leadership skills/techniques ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of extensive post registration experience with additional years in deputy position in clinical environment. - Demonstrates a high level of clinical expertise - Good understanding of quality, safety and risk management. - Knowledge of the role in the context of local and National plans and professional strategies to deliver services within the current and future NHS. - Experience of Patient and Public Involvement and qualitative data collection application to improving patient experience. **Desirable** - Development of multi- disciplinary working practices - Demonstrates knowledge of clinical risk management - Audit experience / research skills ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - RGN/ODP – First Level - Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development - Evidence of ongoing professional development - Have completed a Practice Assessor preparation day and have recent experience in supporting learners in your workplace and supervising their progress and assessing their practice **Desirable** - Degree in nursing or health related subject - Clinical Leadership Programme(e.g. LEO, RCN, ILM) - Post graduate qualification - Recognised NMC/HCPC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent ### Analytical and Judgement skills **Essential** - Evidence of innovation and achievements in Clinical Practice - Recognises own limitations - Is familiar with a budget spread sheet and its interpretation. - Can analyse activity data and plans workforce accordingly. - Demonstrate the ability to see problems arising and plan to avoid or manage them appropriately. - Passed by occupational health as fit to undertake role . **Desirable** - Business planning experience - Previous budget management. Maintains sickness levels within Trust target. ### Planning and organisation skills **Essential** - Evidence of self-motivation - Ability to prioritise - Evidence of successful change management ### Equality, Diversity and Inclusion **Essential** - Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs. - All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others ### Communication and relationship skills **Essential** - Use initiative and has the ability to lead and co-ordinate a multi- disciplinary team - Dynamic, challenging individual, able to lead a team - Good verbal and written skills - Able to influence other professional groups - Acts as a Clinical Role model and Support for all Multi disciplinary learners within the ward or department. - Participates in formal and informal teaching **Desirable** - Project management - Computer literacy ### Other requirements specific to the role **Essential** - Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable - Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and implement and use new ways of working - Knowledge of budgetary management ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours ## Documents - [jdps (docx, 201.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10601123) - [employee benefits (pdf, 578.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2350) - [understanding your right to work in the uk (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2349) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.