Location
Truro, England
Salary
Pa pro rata
Profession
Theatre team leader
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
13 Oct 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
29 Sep 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Essential

7 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Experience

    Experience of supervision of junior staff

  • Practical Skills

    Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the department

  • Practical Skills

    Able to motivate and develop a team of staff

  • Practical Skills

    Able to problem solve and initiate change

  • Qualification / registration

    NMC / HCPC registered

  • Qualification / registration

    Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

  • Qualification / registration

    Educated to degree level in a relevant topic or equivalent experience

Desirable

3 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints

  • Qualification / registration

    Management qualification/experience

  • Qualification / registration

    Recognised Postgraduate Theatre Course or relevant further study

Job overview

An experienced senior Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner is required to lead and develop the multi- disciplinary team in CEPOD / General Theatres.

We regularly support learners from multiple disciplines. The appointed Theatre Team Lead will be expected to rotate between Tower and Trelawney Theatres.

You will need to be a good leader, communicator, role model and have excellent standards of practice.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the Team Leader (TL) position is to provide on-going professional and clinical leadership to the theatre teams who are delivering perioperative care, whilst working collaboratively with the clinicians (surgeon and anaesthetist) as part of the wider multi-professional team.

The TL will assume the delegated responsibility for managing and leading the delivery of care, in a rostered shift, for patients entering the department.

The appointed Theatre Team Lead will be expected to rotate between Tower and Trelawney Theatres.

This includes the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation for every individual patient’s programme of care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

  • Identity Checks
  • Professional registration and qualification checks
  • Employment history and reference checks
  • Occupational Health clearance
  • Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
  • Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

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.

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