Orthopaedic Clinical Lead

Orthopaedic Clinical Lead - Theatre
Location: Oxford The Manor Hospital, Theatres
Type: Permanent | Full time
Salary: competitive rates depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we're offering you the chance to help shape the highest standards in patient care. Here, you'll have the time you need to role model good practice and develop your colleagues. We'll value your excellent communication skills and enthusiastic, forward-thinking approach. This is nursing as it should be.

As a Orthopaedic and spinal clinical lead at our Manor Hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you have the relevant qualifications and experience.

As the Clinical Lead you will need to:

Clinical Leadership & Practice Standards

• Provide expert professional and clinical leadership to Orthopaedic theatre teams
• Act as the specialist lead for orthopaedic surgical procedures and theatre workflows
• Set, monitor, and maintain high standards of peri‑operative care in line with national guidance, Trust policies, and SOPs
• Demonstrate visible leadership, promoting professionalism, accountability, and a culture of safety

Governance, Quality & Patient Safety

• Lead clinical governance within orthopaedic theatres
• Ensure compliance with WHO surgical safety standards, infection prevention, implant traceability, and documentation
• Lead investigations into incidents, complications, and near misses, ensuring timely reporting and learning
• Embed learning from audits, incidents, and GIRFT recommendations into clinical practice
• Insuring NGR compliance and submissions.

Service Delivery & Operational Oversight

• Work collaboratively with theatre management to optimise list utilisation, improve patient flow, and reduce cancellations
• Contribute to capacity planning, service resilience, and business continuity
• Support delivery of elective and trauma activity in line with performance targets

Line Management & Workforce Leadership

• Act as line manager for designated Orthopaedic theatre staff
• Lead appraisals, performance management, and professional development planning
• Manage sickness absence and promote staff wellbeing, engagement, and retention
• Support workforce planning, safe staffing levels, and appropriate skill mix

Education, Training & Competency Management

• Ensure all staff are appropriately trained, competent, and compliant within orthopaedic practice
• Oversee induction, competency assessment, and ongoing professional development
• Facilitate education related to new equipment, implants, and surgical techniques
• Surgical first assistant qualification preferred.

Equipment, Implants & Resource Oversight

• Work with procurement, sterile services, and suppliers to ensure safe, cost-effective, and timely provision of equipment and implants
• Lead evaluation, standardisation, and optimisation of orthopaedic resources
• Support the implementation of new technologies and innovation

Multidisciplinary Collaboration & Communication

• Represent orthopaedic theatres at governance, operational, and strategic meetings
• Promote effective multidisciplinary teamwork and communication
• Foster a positive safety culture and collaborative working environment

Quality Improvement & Service Development

• Lead and contribute to quality improvement, audit, and service transformation initiatives
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes and efficiency

IT & Digital Skills

• Demonstrate basic proficiency in Microsoft Windows and standard office applications
• Use Workday and other Trust systems for workforce management, training compliance, and staff records
• Maintain accurate electronic documentation in line with Trust requirements

Nuffield Health Oxford, The Manor, Hospital
Our modern hospital is based within a stone's throw of the historic City of Oxford, a world-renowned Centre of excellence for surgical and medical expertise. We are proud of the wonderful environment and team we have established, providing our patients with first class care. We operate 6 well equipped and modern operating theatres with 64 well-presented ensuite rooms.

We cater for inpatient and day care, providing a broad range of surgical specialties and clinics including Paediatrics, Oncology, Interventional Cardiology & Radiology, Orthopaedics, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, Urology, Ophthalmology as well as women's and men's health clinics. The hospital is located with excellent transport links by road and rail, both to and from London, Thames Valley, and the Midlands.

The theatre complex at The Manor Hospital consists of 6 operating theatres an intervention room and cardiac Cath lab. In addition we provide support in CT and MRI for GA's including children.

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. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
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