Team Leader - Orthopaedic Theatre in Chorley

Are you a skilled and passionate Scrub Practitioner ready to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Scrub Team leader to join our dedicated Orthopaedic Surgical Teams at Chorley and District Hospital. As a scrub team leader, you will play a pivotal role in leading a specialist team within our Orthopaedic theatres, ensuring the highest standards of perioperative care. You will be responsible for coordinating theatre activity, supporting junior staff and working closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, efficient and compassionate care to patients undergoing Orthopaedic surgery.

At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, our commitment is clear: deliver truly holistic, compassionate care that respects individuality and builds strong team spirit. We live by our Trust Values — caring deeply, working collaboratively, and taking personal responsibility for every patient’s journey.

Main duties of the job:

• You’ll bring your extensive scrub experience and a genuine enthusiasm for innovation, championing new ideas and positive change within the team.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills are essential — and if you thrive in a fast-paced, supportive environment, you’ll fit right in.
• Plus, we’ll back your growth with plenty of educational and experiential learning opportunities.
• Our vision is to deliver world-class peri-operative care to every patient, every time.
• You must be a registered General Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) with significant scrub experience in breast surgery, ready to lead and inspire a motivated, enthusiastic team.

Working for our organisation:

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Assist and support the Clinical Manager in the safe and effective management of the service including management of staff, facilities and associated systems and processes.
• Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care.
• Act as a role model presenting a positive image of self, the team and the organisation.
• Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, making optimal use of operating sessions.
• Identify potential bottlenecks and facilitate smooth patient flow through the department.
• Ensure a high standard of service delivery is delivered by self and others based on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and National standards and evidence-based guidelines.
• Set, monitor and maintain standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
• Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Promote provision of patient education and health promotion.
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting, and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
• Ensure the environment of care is safe, well equipped, and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
• Participate in education and training of junior staff encouraging professional growth and development.
• Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within the scope of role and professional practice.
• Demonstrate and maintain competence in anaesthetic practice (ODP’s).

Person specification:

Knowledge & Experience:

• Essential criteria: Awareness of changes in practice and the ability to implement change; Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice; Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures; Knowledge of escalation and cancellation processes; Extensive Scrub experience in Orthopaedic surgery.
• Desirable criteria: Knowledge of Leadership and Management; Knowledge of ethical issues; Experience of Research and Development; Experience of budgetary management; Experience in General surgery.

Qualifications & Education:

• Essential criteria: Registered nurse / ODP with current NMC/ HCPC registration; Evidence of current and continuing professional development; Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards following 12 months commencement in post.
• Desirable criteria: Experience in Orthopaedic surgery; Degree in related health care area; Level 3 ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) or equivalent; Core people management skills.