Theatre Manager

Theatre Manager – Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital

Full Time | Permanent | 37.5 hours per week | Includes weekend work
Extremely competitive depending on experience + Relocation Package

Step into a leadership role where your expertise truly shapes patient care. As part of Britain’s largest healthcare charity, you’ll join a hospital known for innovation, exceptional clinical standards and a culture that empowers people to thrive. If you’re an experienced, motivated and forward thinking clinical leader, this is your chance to make a genuine impact.

About the Role

We’re looking for a dynamic experienced Theatre Manager with a registered nursing or practitioner qualification, specialist training and strong senior level clinical experience (minimum two years in a senior role). Teaching and assessment skills, ILS and a professional management qualification will strengthen your application.

Core hours are Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend work and participation in the management on-call rota to ensure operational and clinical leadership support.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading and inspiring our Theatre, Cath Lab and Endoscopy teams

• Championing safe, effective and consistently high quality patient care

• Building strong, influential relationships with consultants, senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams

• Developing, motivating and supporting staff to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes

• Managing budgets, business planning and clinical governance with confidence

• Collaborating across departments to deliver exceptional patient experiences

• Driving continuous improvement and building on our CQC rating of Good overall with Outstanding in care

Why Nuffield Health?

We want you to feel supported, energised and able to perform at your best. Our benefits package is designed around your wellbeing and includes:

• Relocation assistance package (details discussed at interview)

• Free gym membership

• Annual Bonus opportunity

• Private Healthcare

• Comprehensive health assessments

• Retail discounts

• Pension options

• A workplace culture that prioritises your health, happiness and professional growth

About Exeter Hospital

Our modern hospital, located next to the RD&E in Wonford, offers:

• Three theatres, including a hybrid cardiac catheter lab/theatre

• An Endoscopy suite

• 31 en-suite patient rooms, over 2 floors

• Busy outpatient, pharmacy, physiotherapy and radiology services (including MRI)

We specialise in orthopaedics, spinal surgery, cardiology, general surgery, urology, plastics, ENT and gynaecology. We’re also nationally recognised for our MAKO robotic joint replacement programme.

Apply Today

We review applications as they arrive and may close the advert early if interest is high. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply now.

Informal Chats & Visits: We welcome informal discussions and site visits prior to application. Please reach out to Jason at [email protected] to arrange a time.

Lead with purpose. Shape the future of patient care. It starts with you.