Deputy Team Leader- Theatres (Scrub)

We are excited to announce the position of theatre deputy team leader for the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre, a dedicated elective hip and knee arthroplasty facility that opened in September 2025.

Are you an experienced Band 5 scrub practitioner looking to take the next step in your career? Are you an existing band 6 scrub practitioner looking for an exciting new opportunity?

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated nurse/ ODP to support in the leadership of the theatre team for the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre.

Excellent team working and communication skills are essential for this role along with a need to establish and maintain good working relationships within the multidisciplinary team and wider services to work collaboratively and co-operatively to enhance quality of care.

The successful candidate will provide direction and inspirational leadership to junior members of the multidisciplinary team; they will also be expected to work as an expert clinical practitioner providing high quality of care to patients and service users.

The postholder will support the theatre team leader in the management of general resources, both personnel and financial and to ensure the effective operation of the department whilst maintaining high professional and clinical standards.

Job description

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Professional UK registration eg NMC, HCPC
• Post registration qualifications in field of expertise

Desirable

• Aware of local and national agenda within the speciality
• Quality improvement training
• Education/training qualification
• Post Registration relevant Diploma / Degree / Masters

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• At least 2 years at band 5 in orthopaedic theatre setting
• Experience in running Orthopaedic lists
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
• Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience

Desirable

• Experience of staff supervision and mentorship
• Advanced Orthopaedic knowledge and skills
• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience of project management/ service improvement

Skills & Ability

Essential

• Clinical skills appropriate to the relevant specialty
• Able to manage people effectively
• Evidence of planning and organisational skills
• Understanding of effective clinical governance, inc audit and research

Desirable

• Extended role within speciality

About the employer

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.