Theatre Team Leader | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 March 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7737542/287-ASUR-15-26 |
Summary
Theatre Team Leader
Band 6
Permanent
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Aintree Theatres are going through exciting transformational changes to deliver the future of healthcare services across Liverpool.
We are seeking a highly motivated, professional Theatre practitioner to lead a team within a very busy Emergency and Orthopaedic trauma speciality theatre unit.
We are looking for dynamic individuals, with excellent leadership skills and an in-depth knowledge of Orthopaedic trauma , General, MFU, ENT, Vascular, Urology and plastics Surgeries.
You will have the motivation, vision and leadership qualities necessary to lead a successful theatre team. As a key member of the A Theatres, senior team, you will be required to deliver high standards of perioperative care, and have the ability to support and develop your team to meet the needs of an ever changing and fast evolving theatre department.
Within A Theatres we enjoy the reputation of being the specialist Urgent care and trauma centre for the region providing high quality emergency and trauma services.
This is an opportunity to join a friendly, supportive team, where you can develop personally and also support a team of dedicated professionals to deliver patient care that we can all be proud of.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based patient care.
• Provide management and organisation of a clinical area of the theatre.
• Participate in the education, development and line management of other staff members.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and when appropriate their families.
• Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Clinical Responsibilities
• Perform comprehensive assessment of pen-operative patient care needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs / technology and varying levels of complexity.
• Collect, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records to enable effective care delivery.
• Involve the multidisciplinary team and where possible patients and carers/relatives in the
planning and delivery of care.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and departments to ensure patient needs are met, especially with regard to efficient enhancement of the patient journey within the speciality.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team, patients and carers/relatives.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Treat all information regarding clients and patients as confidential.
Management/Leadership Responsibilities
• Act as an effective role model
• Lead a team, organising and co-ordinating the daily care delivery
• Deputise for the Speciality Leader in their absence.
• Accept delegated line management responsibilities of other team members including performance development reviews and provide counselling & support where necessary.
• Support the Speciality Leader to maximise best use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, and the patient's journey.
• Participate in the interviewing of staff for theatre teams.
• Promotes the development of services within the speciality area and assist the Speciality Leader to implement change.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources: reporting fluctuations and developments in a timely manner.
• Monitor health, safety and security of self and others.
• Promote best practice in the theatre area.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Feb 2026