Job overview

***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***

The Theatre Logistics Team Leader will oversee the procurement, supply, storage, and coordination of medical supplies, surgical instrumentation, and sterile consumables required to support safe and effective patient care within the operating department. The post holder will lead and supervise the Theatre Logistics Team (TLT), ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, timely resolution of supply chain issues, and efficient stock management. They will act as the department’s subject matter expert in procurement and logistics, working closely with the Operating Department Manager to maintain service continuity and drive cost savings.

Main duties of the job

This role is pivotal to ensuring the operating department has the right equipment, instruments, and consumables available when needed, minimising disruption to surgical services. The Theatre Logistics Team Leader is responsible for:

• Managing and developing the Theatre Logistics Team, including line management duties such as appraisals, training, and performance support.

• Coordinating procurement processes—sourcing quotations, placing orders, and monitoring supplier performance to ensure timely delivery and best value.

• Overseeing the management of stock systems (including Omnicell), stock rotation, and maintaining accurate inventory records.

• Acting as the key liaison point for suppliers, external CSSD providers, and internal stakeholders, resolving supply and equipment issues quickly and effectively.

• Supporting departmental projects, audits, and initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and maintain compliance with theatre and organisational policies.

• Ensuring the consistent availability of surgical instrumentation and consumables to enable both planned and emergency procedures.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an organised, proactive individual with strong leadership and problem-solving skills to play a critical role in supporting patient care and the smooth running of the operating department.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.