Role Overview
This is a full-time position for 37.5 hours per week, requiring flexibility to cover varying shifts in the Theatre department.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and efficient surgical procedures.
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About the Job
Job Description:
The Theatre Practitioner will be responsible for preparing instruments, maintaining sterility, anticipating surgeon needs, and ensuring equipment safety.
They will also assist the Anaesthetist in equipment preparation, patient monitoring, airway management, and positioning, as well as provide post-operative care.
Additional responsibilities include adhering to infection prevention and control policies, setting up operating theatres according to surgery type, and checking all surgical and anaesthetic equipment prior to use.
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Required Skills and Qualifications
* 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
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Benefits
Circle Health Group offers competitive starting salaries, 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service, private pension scheme, private healthcare scheme, and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay.
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Our Philosophy
We are committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles...