# Theatre Team Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-team-leader/88909dfc-87e7-4913-ab29-f8d50e9a8f01 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-team-leader/88909dfc-87e7-4913-ab29-f8d50e9a8f01.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Cornwall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Theatre team leader - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** Pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (No) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-29T13:22:35.002Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Theatre/Theatre-v8320912 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8320912?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of supervision of junior staff **Desirable** - Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints ### Practical Skills **Essential** - Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the department - Able to motivate and develop a team of staff - Able to problem solve and initiate change ### Qualification / registration **Essential** - NMC / HCPC registered - Recognised teaching/assessing qualification - Educated to degree level in a relevant topic or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Management qualification/experience - Recognised Postgraduate Theatre Course or relevant further study ## Documents - [job description & person specification (pdf, 383.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10642498) ## 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.