# Theatre Manager - Ophthalmology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-manager-ophthalmology/643bedee-1b79-491a-b954-dac0ab513122 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-manager-ophthalmology/643bedee-1b79-491a-b954-dac0ab513122.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Theatre manager - **Salary:** £55524.00 to £62652.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-19T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T10:59:01.780Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8309474 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8309474?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic Theatre Manager to join the Ophthalmology Service at Whipps Cross University Hospital. We are seeking an inspirational Registered Nurse (RN) or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) with substantial theatre experience and a passion for delivering high-quality patient care. This is a key leadership role within our Eye Treatment Centre, providing professional, operational, and clinical leadership across the Ophthalmic Theatre Service. The successful candidate will lead and support multidisciplinary scrub, anaesthetic, and recovery teams, ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of ophthalmic surgical services. Working closely with the Matron, Senior Nurse, Consultants, and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for workforce management, theatre productivity, clinical governance, patient safety, service improvement, and staff development. While ophthalmology theatre experience would be advantageous, it is not essential for candidates who can demonstrate theatre management experience, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to service excellence. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking individual to contribute to the continued development and success of our ophthalmology surgical services. ### Main duties of the job The Ophthalmology Theatre Manager will provide professional, operational and clinical leadership within the Ophthalmic Theatre service, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care in accordance with Trust objectives, national standards and evidence-based practice. The post holder will act as an expert clinical role model, promoting excellence in surgical, anaesthetic and recovery practice through the education, development and support of the multidisciplinary theatre team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - - Professional, resilient and adaptable - - Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion - - Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs ### Skills **Essential** - - Ability to communicate complex or sensitive information effectively - - Experience of managing difficult conversations with patients, relatives and staff. - - Ability to influence and negotiate with multidisciplinary teams - - Ability to build effective working relationships across organisational boundaries. - - Competent in Microsoft Office applications - - Ability to analyse performance information and produce reports **Desirable** - - Experience presenting reports, audits or service developments to senior groups. ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of ophthalmic surgical pathways and theatre processes. - - Understanding of infection perioperative prevention and control requirements. - - Knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety and risk management frameworks. - - Understanding of professional and regulatory standards applicable to theatre practice **Desirable** - - Knowledge of GIRFT recommendations. - - Knowledge of theatre utilisation and operational performance metrics. ### Experience **Essential** - - Significant post-registration experience within an operating theatre environment - - Substantial experience within Ophthalmology Theatres. - - Experience of coordinating theatre activity, patient flow and service delivery - - Experience of managing staff, including appraisal, supervision, performance management and sickness absence - - Experience of workforce planning, staffing allocation and skill-mix management. **Desirable** - - Experience contributing to business cases or service development plans ### Qualifications **Essential** - - First-level degree in Nursing, Operating Department Practice or related healthcare profession. - - Current NMC or HCPC registration. - - Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to theatre management, leadership and ophthalmology services **Desirable** - - Ophthalmic specialist qualification. - - Leadership or Management qualification. ## Documents - [wxh bus route (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10629652) - [job description (pdf, 351.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10629651) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.