# Theatre Practitioner

**Company**: Circle Health Group
**Location**: Great Missenden
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: up to £43,000.00 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Theatre Practitioner to join our team at The Chiltern Hospital in Great Missenden. As a Theatre Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in supporting the surgical team and ensuring the smooth operation of the theatre department.

The successful applicant will have experience in Orthopaedic Scrub and other specialisms, and will be required to cover a flexible shift pattern.

Key responsibilities include:

- Assisting the surgical team by preparing instruments, maintaining sterility, anticipating surgeon needs, and ensuring equipment safety

- Supporting the Anaesthetist in equipment preparation, patient monitoring, airway management, and positioning

- Providing post-operative care, monitoring vital signs, managing pain and nausea, and ensuring patient readiness for discharge

- Adhering to infection prevention and control policies and procedures at all times

- Setting up operating theatres according to surgery type and specific patient requirements

- Checking all surgical and anaesthetic equipment prior to use and reporting faults immediately

- Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to achieve safe and efficient surgical lists

- Supporting and contributing to a positive, respectful, and efficient theatre environment

To be considered for this role, you should meet the following criteria:

- Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC)

- Experience or training in a theatre environment specialising in scrub, anaesthetics, or recovery

- Understanding of infection control, manual handling, and patient safety principles

- Ability to work under pressure, problem-solve, and respond quickly to changes in a dynamic environment

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Attention to detail, accuracy, and commitment to safe surgical practice

- Previous orthopaedic experience

In return for your hard work, we offer a competitive salary of up to £43,000 per year, depending on level of experience, training, and qualification, as well as a range of employee benefits, including:

- 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service

- Private Pension Scheme

- Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions

- Friends & Family Hospital Discounts

- Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay

- Non-contributory life insurance

- Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits

- Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing

- Employee recognition programmes

- Industry leading training and development opportunities

## Skills

### Required
- Orthopaedic Scrub
- Theatre Environment
- Infection Control
- Manual Handling
- Patient Safety
- Communication Skills

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