Contract: Permanent, Full-time (40 hours per week)
Salary: £47,000
Shifts: 5 days a week including occasional on calls
About Us
At the Cadogan Clinic, we are a family-owned, award-winning day hospital specialising in plastic surgery and dermatology. Our values are rooted in patient-centred care, clinical excellence, and professionalism. We pride ourselves on having a supportive, knowledgeable team, and we are committed to developing and nurturing our people.
We are seeking an experienced Theatre Coordinator to provide senior clinical and operational leadership across our three state-of-the-art theatres.
This is a pivotal role responsible for the safe, efficient, and compliant running of daily theatre lists. Acting as deputy to the Theatre Manager, you will combine hands-on clinical credibility with strong operational oversight, workforce coordination, and leadership in medicines management.
The Role
As Theatre Coordinator, you will:
- Oversee the daily running of theatre lists, ensuring on-time starts, efficient patient flow, and minimal delays
- Act as operational lead for the day, resolving issues in real time
- Ensure staffing allocation, equipment readiness, and pre-operative checks are completed prior to list commencement
- Liaise with consultants, anaesthetists, recovery and ward teams to maintain seamless patient transitions
- Monitor list progression and escalate concerns appropriately
- Ensure compliance with WHO surgical safety processes
- Ordering, receipt, storage and rotation of anaesthetic agents, controlled drugs, emergency medications and IV fluids
- Maintaining accurate Controlled Drug registers and reconciliation processes
- Conducting stock checks and expiry audits
- Liaising with pharmacy suppliers to ensure continuity of supply
- Supporting cost-effective stock control and usage monitoring
- Ensuring compliance with CQC medicines management standards
What You’ll Bring
Essential
- Registered Anaesthetic Nurse (NMC) or Registered ODP (HCPC)
- Significant anaesthetic theatre experience
- Strong understanding of theatre flow and operational coordination
- Experience in medicines management and controlled drugs governance
- Leadership or senior practitioner experience
- Excellent organisational, problem-solving and communication skills
- Strong MS Office skills
- Fitness to practise and a collaborative mindset
- Previous rota management experience
- Experience preparing for CQC inspection
- Audit and quality improvement experience
- ALS certification
Perks and Benefits
- 31 days annual leave (including public holidays), rising to 33 days after 2 years
- Special leave perks – your birthday and your wedding day off (after 1 year of service)
- Pension scheme via NEST
- Wellbeing benefits – healthy in-clinic snacks, Cycle to Work scheme
- Beauty perks – discounted treatments and products post-probation
- Social events – monthly team lunches and an active social calendar
- Recognition schemes – rewards for long service and exceptional contribution
- Referral bonuses – help us grow our team and get rewarded
Learning and Development
- Protected learning time and formal training opportunities aligned with our clinic strategy
- Regular lunchtime learning sessions from consultants, industry specialists, and founders
- Career development in specialist areas – we actively support your ambitions
Ready to Make a Difference?
Join a team where your clinical leadership and operational expertise directly shape theatre performance, patient safety, and service excellence. If you thrive in a fast-paced surgical environment and are passionate about governance and high standards, we would love to hear from you.