Team Leader Elective Orthopaedic Theatres | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust


Company:	University Hospitals of Leicester
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Leicester, LE5 4PW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	30 Sept 2026
Closing date:	31 Oct 2026

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Summary

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.

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.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,

• being a great place to work,

• partnerships for impact, and

• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,

• we are proud,

• we are inclusive, and

• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

• 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

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026

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