Team Manager - ENT​/Max-Fax​/Ophthalmic​/Plastics

Team Manager - ENT/Max-Fax/Ophthalmic/Plastics - Peterborough Band 7

Job overview

At North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to delivering the highest standards of care, ensuring safety, efficiency, and excellence in every patient journey. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic
Theatre Team Manager to take on a pivotal leadership role within our Obs/Gynae/Breast/Paeds theatre team.

About the Role
As Theatre Team Manager, you will hold overall clinical and operational responsibility for the day-to-day management of our dedicated theatre team. You will lead by example, maintaining the highest standards of care and safety while ensuring efficient resource utilisation. Your responsibilities will include:

• Clinical Excellence
  :
  Maintain a clinical presence, providing hands‑on care for a defined caseload at least 50% of your contracted hours, or as agreed with the Theatre Manager.
• Financial Oversight
  :
  Manage the department’s finances, supporting the delivery of Cost Improvement Plans.
• Resource & Facility Management
  :
  Support the Theatre Manager in organising theatre facilities, clinical standards, equipment, and resources, with direct accountability for your specific area.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to lead a dedicated theatre team in a progressive and supportive environment.
• A role that combines clinical practice with strategic leadership.
• Professional development opportunities to enhance your leadership and clinical expertise.
• The chance to make a real impact on patient outcomes and service delivery.

• Provide leadership and management for defined specialty areas, overseeing resources, finance, workforce, performance, quality, and risk while collaborating with divisional and clinical colleagues.
• Lead by example to inspire, develop, and establish a competent workforce capable of delivering safe and effective patient care.
• Foster communication and share clinical experiences and best practices within and across the Clinical Directorate.
• Act as an information resource for junior staff, multidisciplinary teams, patients, and relatives.
• Maintain professional accountability in line with NMC and HPC Codes of Conduct.
• Guide and support the team through change processes, demonstrating drive, integrity, and a balanced perspective.
• Motivate team members and lead innovative clinical practice by setting an example.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, including CQC standards, financial instructions, and Trust policies.
• Optimize the efficiency of operating sessions to maximise patient throughput.
• Perform daily operational management as Theatre Coordinator and deputise for the Theatre Manager when required.

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.

Please see attached Job Description & Personal Specification for a full list of responsibilities and duties

• RGN/RN or RODP
• First Degree or diploma or equivalent experience
• In depth skill and clinical knowledge of the surgical specialty

• Significant surgical scrub experience over several years at a senior grade
• Supervisory management skills
• Experience of leading change in clinical practice

Disclosure & Barring Check Fee

Where your role requires a DBS check, the Trust will pay the fee upfront and reclaim the cost (including a £5 admin fee) from your first month’s salary. Volunteers are exempt.

Our Values – At the heart of all we do
We recruit not just for skills but for behaviours aligned with our core values: dedication, care, courage, and innovation. Show us how you live these values in your application and interview.

Early closure notice

We may close this advert early if we receive enough applications—please apply without delay.

International Applicants & Sponsorship
We welcome applications from those needing UK sponsorship. From 2021, most non‑UK/Republic of Ireland nationals need a visa to work in the UK.
Important: Salary thresholds and visa rules changed in 2024 — check your eligibility here:

If applying from overseas, you may also need to provide criminal record certificates for countries lived in for 12+ months in the past 10 years.

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.

This vacancy may close earlier if it received a high number of applications and therefore we recommend that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.