Theatre Manager
Taunton Hospital | Nursing | Permanent| Full time
Salary - £54,000-£57,000 per man, depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is Britain’s largest Healthcare Charity and this is your chance to make a real difference. Bring your management experience to actively contribute to our service development, policies and strategies, and help shape the highest standards of care. We’re looking after the health of the nation – and it starts with you.
As a Theatre Clinical Head of Department at Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital, you’re a qualified RGN/ODP with NMC/HCPC registration and a mentorship qualification. You will hold considerable nursing management experience and you’re organised, highly motivated and engaged.
As a Theatre Clinical Head of Department, you will:
Provide strong clinical leadership for a team of highly qualified nurses/Operating department practitioners
Assume overall accountability for clinical effectiveness and operational management in order to deliver the highest quality perioperative care
Use your existing knowledge to help shape a superior patient experience
Develop your team by mentorship and training
Support the development of local strategy
You will do this by:
Driving a strong patient safety culture throughout the department, encouraging staff to speak up and report safety concerns
Working in partnership with the Director of Clinical services, to evaluate departmental structures and processes ensuring effective workforce management and agile service delivery that fully meets the needs of patients, staff and clinical activity
Collaborating with other clinical leaders within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery
Taking on additional responsibilities and extend scope of practice in accordance with patient, clinical and service needs e.g. Surgical First Assistant.
Seeking opportunities to evaluate patient experience within the department, learning from complaints, accolades and feedback and continually striving towards the delivery of seamless patient care
Acting as a role model, leading, coaching and mentoring the departmental team, and promoting the adoption of evidence-based and innovative practices e.g. WHO Checklist, and foster a culture of openness that values individuality and an environment where every member of staff feels safe and “free to speak up” with confidence
Contributing and participating in the development of nurses and nursing practice across the Hospital through leading clinical projects, and supporting training.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Choose from private healthcare to free financial advice, a cycle to work scheme, emotional wellbeing support and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital is one of the leading providers of private healthcare in the South West. We've built a reputation for clinical excellence and outstanding patient care over the last 40 years. We are constantly investing in our modern hospital. With three new state of the art Ultra Clean Air operating theatres and an endoscopy suite we are proud of the wide range of surgical services and treatments available. The hospital has 41 private en-suite bedrooms split over 2 wards and 11 consulting rooms within our Outpatients Department.
Our areas of specialty include orthopedics and spinal surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, bariatric treatments and diagnostic imaging. Our most recent CQC inspection was undertaken in 2024 and we were enormously proud to be rated overall as Good, with Outstanding for Well Led.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today
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It starts with you.
