Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Clinical Practice Lead - Urology and Robotic Surgery
The closing date is 16 June 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced individual to join our team of Clinical Practice Leads within the theatre department.
Responsibilities
* Lead, support and develop staff in relation to Surgical scrub practice for the Gynaecology, Urology and Robotic Surgery (including General surgery) specialities
* Provide support to the Operational Lead for Urology and Robotics and the wider Theatre Management team in reviewing and evolving the training programme for new starters and existing staff alongside the theatre education team.
* The day‑to‑day supervision, leadership and development of staff ensuring the delivery of a safe, cost‑effective and quality clinical care
* Supporting the operational lead in promoting and implementing the trust values of: We are Kind, We are Open, We are Inclusive and the trust vision of Five‑star patient care as per Trust strategy and the delivery of the departmental/Trust targets.
* Contributing to achieving improvement in services and key performance indicators for the surgical division
* Actively participating in clinical and Infection prevention audits across the theatre department with development and implementation of action plans
* The post holder will be required to work across both Whiston and St Helens sites and must be flexible, working weekends and having an on‑call commitment, with a possible rotation to night duty
* Successful applicants will require an enhanced disclosure form from the criminal records bureau.
Qualifications & Skills
* NMC/HCPC registration
* Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
* Post graduate qualification in mentorship or equivalent experience
* Post graduate certificate in leadership
* North West Simulation Education Network Educational qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge
* Clinical experience within a surgical environment in theatres
* Knowledge and expertise of Surgical speciality/specialities as a scrub practitioner
* Knowledge and experience of other surgical specialities
Skills
* Clinical Leadership skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
* Acute Care– Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
* Primary Care– Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
* Community Services– Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
* Specialist Regional Services– We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
* Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
You will be expected to undertake the Trusts commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job Application Terms
Shortlisting date: 17th June 2026
Proposed Interview date: 3rd July 2026
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Please note, the JD and PS are subject to AfC review.
Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements.
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