Theatre Operations Manager B8a

The Royal Surrey is seeking to appoint a Theatres Operation Manager within the Trusts Surgical Division. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced operational manager that will help deliver efficient, effective and high-quality patient centred services. They will provide strategic planning, service development and driving innovation, modernisation and high levels of staff and patient satisfaction.

This is an exciting time to join the Surgical Division within the Royal Surrey: we provide a large range of surgical services to our local population, as well as delivering extensive regional cancer services. We have one of the largest multi-disciplinary surgical robotic programmes nationally in conjunction with a high quality critical care service.

This year we will complete the building of the Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre at our Guildford site (the Royal Surrey Hospital), which will provide six new operating theatres and well as brand new recovery and admission areas. The role will be part of the senior team responsible delivering patient pathways to ensure effective patient flow across the new Surgical Cancer and Innovation Centre and existing main theatre environment., As Theatre Operations Manager, you will play a key leadership role in delivering safe, efficient and high-quality surgical services across our operating theatres. Working closely with clinical colleagues, you will lead day-to-day operations, ensuring excellent patient flow, maximising theatre utilisation, and delivering performance against key national targets.

You will drive service improvement, lead and develop teams, and ensure effective use of workforce and financial resources. You will also champion innovation and transformation, helping to modernise services and improve patient outcomes.

With a strong focus on quality and governance, you will oversee performance, manage risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, while providing visible and proactive operational leadership across the theatres service.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.