Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (may include out of hours/weekends/lates/on calls/nights as per operational need)
- Job ref
- 390-TAC-BR-6137
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- westcliff on sea
- Salary
- per annum ( Pro rata for part time)
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Deputy Team Leader - Practice Education, Theatres
Band 6
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Here is an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Deputy Team Leader - Practice Education, Theatres,
You will assist and support the practice education team in theatres in the facilitation and provision of education and training of all groups of the multidisciplinary theatre team in order to provide high standards of clinical practice and patient care.
Working collaboratively with the theatre manager and matron, as well as the practice education team leader, the postholder will help develop and deliver education strategies, encourage effective utilisation of resources and develop relations with the across site practice education team to develop and maintain a standard training programme.
If this interest you apply now.
Main duties of the job
You must be an expert in theatres with high standards and excellent clinical skills with the ability to teach these skills to other staff.
You will have a passion for teaching and maintaining high standards, recognising where intervention is required. They will assist in the promotion and implementation of evidence based practice.
Good communication skills are required and excellent people skills for high stress situations when they arise.
Deputisation for the team leader will be required.
There will be participation in clinical duties, working alongside learners in order to maintain own clinical skills and to monitor/audit the competencies of other staff.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the abobe statements, and also to the attached job description for a detailed description of this role and its main responsibilities.
Person specification
current NMC/HCPC registrant
Essential criteria
- Current NMC/HCPC registrant
- Practice Supervisor and Assessor Completion
- Evidence of Significant Theatre Scrub Experience
Desirable criteria
- Managerial Courses
education
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ongoing continuous education
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- rachel upton
- Job title
- Practice Education Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004431243
- Additional information
Jesudass Johnselvan
Theatre Manager
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