Job summary
- Main area
- Theatre Scheduling
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 318-26-T0479
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 (pa pro rata if part-time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Scheduling Officer, Band 3
Band 3
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Theatre Scheduling Officer, Band 3 (30 hours a week)
This is an exciting role within the theatre team where you will be working with a dynamic team to ensuring that the theatre floorplan is maintained, updated and disseminated rapidly and efficiently, on a regular basis, with the purpose of preventing any personnel logistical errors
Main duties of the job
- A fully-utilised theatre resource which impacts partially on the Trust’s ability to achieve the national activity targets and fully impacts on the Trust’s ability to achieve the surgical waiting times target
- A tool for the use of the theatre and anaesthetic staff to allocate resources, human, equipment and stocks to the right theatre at the right time. Without this function, patients would be cancelled, which, again, would impact on the Trust’s RTT and CWT targets
Working for our organisation
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.
As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached detailed job description and person specification for further details of this exciting role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Previous experience on the use of TrakCare. FDP or other relevant hospital systems preferable
Organisational skills
Essential criteria
- An excellent understanding of the need to maintain accurate patient information (which is regarded as highly confidential) and keep it securely on both the computer system and paper records
Desirable criteria
- Must be aware of the Trust activity targets and constantly evaluate decisions against these objectives
- bility to analyse performance data to identify areas for improvement
Communication
Essential criteria
- Must have excellent communication skills to be able to negotiate with staff in circumstances that require good listening skills and tact
- Ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
- Good communication and negotiation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Norton
- Job title
- Theatre Scheduling Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5378
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