# Senior Theatre Practitioner - JR117124

**Company**: Circle Health Group
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: Up to £44,372.66 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Theatre Practitioner to join our team at Goring Hall Hospital in West Sussex. As a Senior Theatre Practitioner, you will play a key role in the theatres department, acting as a senior scrub for a range of orthopaedic procedures, preparing and handling specialist instrumentation and equipment, and providing skilled assistance to the surgical and anaesthetic teams.

**Responsibilities:**

- Act as the senior scrub for a range of orthopaedic procedures, including joint replacements, arthroscopies, trauma, and spinal surgeries.

- Prepare and handle specialist instrumentation and equipment in line with manufacturers' guidance and surgical protocols.

- Provide skilled assistance to the surgical and anaesthetic teams, anticipating needs and adapting to changes during procedures.

- Take a senior role in preparing theatres, coordinating surgical lists, and ensuring all equipment, staff, and resources are in place.

- Support the Theatre Manager with team briefings, scheduling, stock control, and ensuring safe patient flow through the theatre suite.

- Supervise junior theatre practitioners, ODPs, and healthcare assistants, providing clinical guidance and oversight.

**Requirements:**

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

- Significant experience in the perioperative setting with specialist knowledge in orthopaedic surgery.

- Proven ability to scrub for a wide range of orthopaedic procedures, including complex cases.

- Experience in both scrub and anaesthetics is desirable.

- Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

- Strong understanding of clinical governance, infection control, and safety practices in theatre.

- Previous experience in a senior role within theatres.

- Experience with robotic-assisted surgery or advanced orthopaedic navigation tools.

- Mentorship or teaching qualification.

- ILS/ALS certification.

- Familiarity with private healthcare processes, scheduling, and implant stock systems.

**Benefits:**

- 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 surgery
- Theatre coordination
- Leadership
- Communication
- Decision-making
- Clinical governance
- Infection control
- Safety practices

### Nice to have
- Robotic-assisted surgery
- Advanced orthopaedic navigation tools
- Mentorship
- Teaching qualification
- ILS/ALS certification

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