Operating Theatre Manager
London, The Princess Grace Hospital
Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Monday to Friday
Permanent
£Competitive, with an excellent benefits package

We’re looking for an Operating Theatre Manager to join our Operating Theatres Department at The Princess Grace Hospital. This role offers the opportunity to lead at scale within a highly respected service with a well‑established robotic surgery programme, where your expertise, judgement and leadership presence will have a visible impact. You’ll work closely with highly regarded Consultants and senior clinical colleagues, building credibility through clear decision making, confident leadership and a calm, assured approach in a complex clinical environment.

As an Operating Theatre Manager, you’ll have the autonomy to lead day to day operations while also contributing to longer term direction and development. Working closely with the Surgical Services Manager, you’ll balance operational grip with strategic input, providing clear leadership in a fast-paced setting where expectations are high and priorities can shift quickly. This is a role for someone who enjoys being visible in the department, trusted to make decisions, and motivated by leading people, performance and quality within a demanding perioperative environment.

About the Princess Grace Theatres

The operating theatres at The Princess Grace Hospital are among the most advanced in the HCA UK network, supporting care at significant scale and complexity. The department comprises eight state‑of‑the‑art operating theatres, including a hybrid theatre, robotic surgery suites and three laminar flow theatres for complex orthopaedic surgery. The hospital has a well‑established robotics programme, operating two Da Vinci robotic systems and having completed over 500 robotic procedures to date. Theatre teams deliver perioperative care across a wide range of surgical specialities including orthopaedics, urology, general surgery, colorectal, thoracic, gynaecology, breast surgery including reconstructive and microsurgery, and spinal surgery.

At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.

What you’ll do:

• Provide confident clinical and operational leadership across operating theatres, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality perioperative services
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary theatre teams across scrub, anaesthetics and recovery, setting clear expectations and supporting performance in a demanding environment
• Oversee theatre utilisation, list management and workforce planning, maintaining grip during periods of pressure and change
• Hold responsibility for budgets, clinical governance, risk management, audit activity and CQC compliance within the theatre department
• Work closely with Consultants and senior stakeholders to support service development, manage complexity and introduce new surgical techniques and technology

What you’ll bring:

• A recognised professional qualification with current NMC or HCPC registration
• Proven experience in a senior theatre leadership role within operating theatres or a complex perioperative setting
• Strong knowledge of patient safety, clinical governance, quality improvement and regulatory compliance
• The confidence and resilience to lead multidisciplinary teams, influence senior stakeholders and manage differing perspectives constructively
• The ability to remain calm, decisive and visible within a fast-paced clinical environment

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group, we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As an Operating Theatre Manager you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
• Group Life Assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.

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