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Team Leader - Scrub
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week
Job ref
349-WTWA-7481455*
Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wythenshawe Hospital
Town
Manchester
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/10/2025 23:59

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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Theatre Practitioner Scrub Team Leader

Band 6

Job overview

We are excited to offer the opportunity to join Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT) as a Band 6 Scrub Team Leader within Acute Theatres specialty of General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Plastics, Urology, Obstetrics and ENT & Maxfax,  Breast Surgery and  Pediatric surgery.

As part of the perioperative team you will assist in the safe, smooth and efficient running of the perioperative environment, utilizing skills including:

Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Ability to work in a highly technical area

Problem solving and organizational skills

Excellent communication skills

Thorough and conscientious approach to working

Working all the shift pattern Early , late weekends and nights  in Theatres 

 

Main duties of the job

Act as Team Leader and take direct responsibility for the day to day management of their clinical team.

Act as Clinical Coordinator to facilitate the delivery of effective clinical practice, ensuring that all patients receive the highest possible standard of care.

Provide expert, patient focused care in accordance with Trust policies and Standard Operating Procedures.

Organise and prioritise care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.

Facilitate effective communication between the multidisciplinary team and associate departments; possess excellent skills in providing the often sensitive and highly emotive information given to patients and relatives.

Demonstrate leadership and act as a professional role model ensuring that a professional approach is maintained by all team members at all times. Address members of staff behaving inappropriately and manage any conflict arising in the absence of the Clinical Coordinator.

Support and educate colleagues including student nurses and Operating Department Practitioners, medical students and junior medical colleagues. Facilitate the Annual Development and Review process for an identified group of colleagues.

Undertake  performance reviews and the identification and implementation of personal development plans for junior staff both registered and unregistered.

Assist the theatre manager in the effective management of the budget specific to specialist area Monitor the compliance of all Trust Policies and National Guidelines.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. 

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualification in ODP or RGN
  • Diploma educated
  • Scrub Module
Desirable criteria
  • Recognised management qualification
  • Recognised teaching qualification
  • Anaesthetic & Recovery Experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of two years recent experience in scrub practice
  • Evidence of continued professional development, not including mandatory training.
  • Evidence of working within multiple surgical specialties.
  • Ability to demonstrate a mindset that embraces change as an opportunity.
  • Can demonstrate the ability to organise and prioritise workload.
  • Evidence of managing a team including acting in a senior role in the absence of team leader
  • Evidence of coordinating a department
Desirable criteria
  • Anaesthetic and Recovery qualification
  • IQP work including course attendance
  • Involvement in audits
  • Evidence of delivering link roles

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lisa Warrington
Job title
Theatre Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 291 5365
Additional information

Lisa Warrington

[email protected]

Tel:  0161 291 5365

Alexandra Elliott

[email protected]

Tel:  0161 291 5365