Are you a confident clinical leader ready to inspire a high‑performing theatre team?
Do you thrive in environments where quality, compassion and innovation are at the heart of everything?
Join Horder Healthcare — recognised by Best Companies as one of the Top 20 Health & Social Care Organisations to Work For — and take the next step in your leadership journey. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a centre renowned for exceptional orthopaedic care, an Outstanding CQC rating, and a culture where people love coming to work.
As our Theatre Manager, you'll be the driving force behind a motivated, compassionate and skilled theatre team. Your leadership will directly influence patient experience, staff wellbeing and the continued clinical excellence we're proud of.
What You'll Do
Lead, inspire and develop a talented theatre team.
Maintain exceptional clinical standards and uphold our Outstanding CQC rating.
Ensure safe, seamless and high‑quality patient care.
Oversee staffing, resources and theatre operations effectively.
Drive service improvements and champion a positive safety culture.
Work collaboratively with other clinical teams to deliver outstanding patient pathways.
Support recruitment, staff development and performance management.
Use your clinical expertise to mentor and guide best practice.
Location: The Horder Centre, Crowborough
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: On Application
Right to work in the UK
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.
As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.