# Lead Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetics

**Company**: Circle Health Group
**Location**: Croydon
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Up to £55,000.00 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Lead Theatre Practitioner to join our team at Shirley Oaks Hospital in Croydon. As a Lead Theatre Practitioner, you will lead the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across the perioperative pathway.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across the perioperative pathway, acting as a specialist or functional lead within the team.

- Ensure that all patient safety checks, including WHO surgical safety processes, are carried out in accordance with hospital policy.

- Maintain clinical credibility by demonstrating best practice, supporting others, and taking the lead in complex or high-risk situations.

- Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision for theatre practitioners and support staff, fostering a culture of professionalism, compassion, and accountability.

- Support the development and assessment of competencies within the team, promoting continuous professional development.

- Actively mentor and coach junior staff, including students and newly qualified team members.

Requirements:

- NMC or HCPC registered practitioner with significant experience in a theatre environment (e.g. scrub, recovery, or anaesthetics).

- Demonstrated clinical leadership experience and ability to act as a role model to peers.

- Strong understanding of patient safety protocols, safeguarding, infection control, and clinical governance.

- Scrub Practitioner or Surgical First Assistant qualification [for scrub leads].

- ENB 998 and/or mentorship course.

- Approved / recognised anaesthetic course.

- ILS.

- Excellent communication, organisation, and mentoring skills.

- Commitment to personal development and supporting the development of others.

- Specialist training in a defined clinical area (e.g. orthopaedics, robotics, cardiac, major surgery).

- Experience in leading audits, service improvement projects, or clinical teaching.

- Previous experience working within the independent healthcare sector or multidisciplinary surgical teams.

- Familiarity with theatre scheduling systems and electronic patient records.

Salary and Benefits:

- Up to £55,000.00 per year (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)

- 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
- NMC or HCPC registration
- clinical leadership
- patient safety protocols
- safeguarding
- infection control
- clinical governance
- scrub practitioner
- surgical first assistant
- ENB 998
- mentorship course
- anaesthetic course
- ILS

### Nice to have
- specialist training in a defined clinical area
- experience in leading audits
- service improvement projects
- clinical teaching
- familiarity with theatre scheduling systems
- electronic patient records

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