Band 6 Team Leader Elective Hub Theatres - Solihull

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Team Leader Elective Hub Theatres - Solihull

The closing date is 01 March 2026

Are you an experienced theatre practitioner looking to step into a leadership role and further develop your clinical and managerial skills? An exciting 12 month secondment has become available for a motivated and dynamic Band 6 Team Leader within our busy and diverse Operating Theatres Department at Elective Hub Theatres Solihull. One post is full time at 37.5 hours P/W, one is part time at 33 hours P/W.

As a Band 6 Team Leader, you will play a key role in supporting the day to day coordination of theatre activity across a range of specialised services. The full time post will be predominantly within orthopaedic surgery, and the part time post will be primarily within the recovery area.

You'll work closely with the Theatre Manager, Senior Nursing Team, Anaesthetic teams, and Surgeons to ensure smooth, safe, and effective patient flow. You'll also support the delivery of high clinical standards, mentor junior staff, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Registered Practitioner with significant experience in perioperative practice
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to lead, motivate, and support a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to patient safety, service quality, and professional development
• A proactive, flexible, and positive approach in a fast paced environment

Main Duties of the Job

Specific day to day duties include coordinating theatre activities, managing staffing rosters, ensuring compliance with clinical protocols, and leading quality improvement projects.

What We Offer

• A supportive environment for leadership growth
• Opportunities to gain experience in high complexity surgical specialties
• Involvement in service development and innovation
• Structured support throughout the secondment

This secondment is ideal for practitioners seeking to progress into leadership roles or broaden their experience within a specialist theatre setting.

Success will see you utilise your sound clinical knowledge and experience, your excellent time management skills, and your ability to work autonomously within our team across all specialist areas.

In return, you can expect a warm and friendly welcome from the Theatres and wider Solihull Team where you will embrace the values of Kind, Connected and Bold while delivering first class patient care which underpins everything we do.

You can expect a starting salary of £38,682 rising to £46,580 with ongoing education and personal development. This, along with a public sector pension, 27 days annual leave (rising with service), and the opportunity to make a difference within our communities.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We develop compassionate and culturally competent leaders, are values driven in all that we do, and create a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. We want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds and support the diversity you bring to achieve your full potential. For staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Responsibilities

Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.

Person Specification Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• Knowledge of a broad range of theatre procedures and instrumentation/processes equivalent to post graduate level acquired through Diploma / Degree plus experience and further study or qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge associated with the practice setting

Experience

• Recent experience within theatres working as a registered practitioner in an acute practice setting involving the supervision / education of junior staff
• Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Evidence of effective multi professional working
• Experienced mentor / assessor / student supervisor
• Experience of supporting the implementation change including new procedures/processes
• Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department
• Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review / adjust staff rosters
• Experienced in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Wide knowledge of a range or pre and post operative care, ability to plan and organise duties / service requirements associated with physical and human resources, ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff
• Can demonstrate an understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines
• Can demonstrate understanding of how to review / plan staff rosters in accordance with Trust guidance / service need and mitigate workforce risks associated with staff deployment
• Demonstrates ability, passion and knowledge of the following
  • Leadership
  • Team building / team work
  • Physical / Human Resource management
  • Change management
  • Clinical Governance / Patient Safety
• Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to immediate incident management involving staff / patients and the practice setting
• Can describe elements associated with workforce planning management
• Can describe elements associated with NHS policy / political awareness

Additional Criteria

• Highly developed communication skills able to communicate sensitive information / medical conditions / with a wide range of stakeholders
• Well developed persuasion / motivational and reassurance skills associated with working in a complex environment associated with planned / unplanned work based activities
• Demonstrates key strengths and motivators of the role within the domains of integrity, delivery and relating to others
• Evidence of a range of post registration competencies associated with the practice setting and the ability to teach and supervise others learning new skills / procedures
• Ability to work under pressure, be exposed to interruptions and competing priorities associated with the practice setting - can demonstrate good use of prioritisation / delegation skills
• Can demonstrate understanding of the Mental Capacity Act / Safeguarding principles applied to the theatre practice setting
• Well developed leadership ability
• Organised, proactive, reliable and approachable
• Able to immediately and sensitively manage complex / contentious situations with staff / multidisciplinary colleagues / patients and practice
• Flexible, reliable and adaptive approach to role - showing commitment to role development and development of others
• Flexible approach to shift patterns and service needs which may involve working in different areas or cross site working in different practice settings
• Ability to travel across all Trust sites / services
• Ability to travel to meetings outside of the organisation as a representative of the service / Trust

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust