Operational Lead Theatres and Critical Care | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,396 - £80,837 Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Middlesex, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7435703/337-NP-8997AC |
Summary
This secondment for Operational Lead is a good opportunity for a skilled manager to take a step up and gain experience in the busy world of Surgery. With services to manage across a wide range of areas including Theatres, Pre-Operative Assessment, Recovery, PACU (Post Anaesthesia Care Unit) and Critical Care, there are multiple areas for the individual stepping into this post to make a positive impact and demonstrate their ability to lead complex teams.
The post holder will be responsible for the operational delivery of performance and
governance for a large portfolio of clinical services. The services may run across both
hospital and community sites and cover services within and out of the hospital setting of
care.
Lead Theatres & Critical care directorate teams to ensure the efficient and effective
delivery of high-quality patient centred services, strategic planning, service development
and change programmes, driving innovation, modernisation and high levels of staff and
patient satisfaction.
Responsible for providing a key leadership role in all the delivery of financial, quality,
performance, local and national productivity, and workforce targets, as agreed through
business planning, appraisal, and personal development processes.
Responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls to assure delivery of
financial management and the deployment of resources in line with the Trust’s financial
plan and in accordance the Trust’s financial governance requirements. This will include
delivering contracted activity levels and managing related pay and non-pay expenditure
within agreed budgets, achieving required levels of cost improvement and underpinning
service line profitability.
Lead the development and delivery of the business plan to ensure continuous service
improvement, quality, and financial efficiency. Lead on specific divisional or cross Trust
projects as required.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Sep 2025