Are you highly organised, detail-driven, and passionate about supporting surgical teams to deliver exceptional patient care? Join us as a Department Implant/Instrument Coordinator and play a key role in the smooth running of our theatres at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
In this dynamic role, you’ll be the go‑to expert for managing implants and instruments across elective, emergency and trauma surgery. You’ll ensure everything is in place for successful operations—tracking stock, maintaining sterility, and liaising with suppliers and internal teams to keep things moving efficiently. Your work will directly impact patient safety and the quality of care we provide.
What makes this role exciting?
- You’ll build strong relationships with theatre teams, procurement, and company representatives, becoming a trusted point of contact.
- You’ll take ownership of stock audits, streamline processes, and help us stay within budget while delivering top-quality service.
- You’ll be part of a collaborative, supportive environment where your ideas for improvement are valued.
- You’ll develop your skills and knowledge with ongoing training and a clear personal development plan.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet people, and do new things. You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold and help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience.
Responsibilities
- The post holder will be responsible for using their clinical knowledge to streamline, organise, monitor and order implants and stock for elective, emergency and trauma surgery.
- Monitor and assist with any stock issues around instruments within the department.
- Assist with stock control and provide audit reports on stock as requested.
- Liaise with management, procurement and finance teams with required audit information.
- Ensure all stock and loan kit is stored and handled correctly and that strict sterility is maintained.
- Assist theatre teams by monitoring processes to ensure all implants received and processed and that strict inventory of invoices and receipts are maintained to ensure accurate accounting.
- Provide monthly feedback to finance when implants have been used.
- Support the productive operation of the theatre lists by liaising with procurement to ensure stock levels reflect demand and any shortfalls are escalated and communicated across the department.
- Build and maintain relationships with procurement, other departments, companies and their representatives and act as a point of contact.
- Be acutely aware of budgetary resources available and work within the financial envelope.
Contact
For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Emma Donaldson, Job title: Clinical Manager, Email address: emma.donaldson@lthtr.nhs.uk, Telephone number: 01772 522192.
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