Lead Theatre Practitioner - 12-Month FTC, Perioperative Leader

Circle Health Group; Matlock; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare Scheme

Friends & Family Discounts

Maternity/Paternity & Adoption pay

Life insurance

Staff wellbeing resources

Job summary

Circle Health Group's Bishops Wood Hospital in Middlesex seeks a Lead Theatre Practitioner for a 12-month fixed term. You will lead the perioperative team, ensuring patient-centred care, surgical safety, and clinical governance across scrub, recovery, or anaesthetics as appropriate.

This role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with a flexible shift pattern. You will mentor junior staff, drive competency development, and uphold standards within a multidisciplinary private healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Registered practitioner with theatre experience across scrub, recovery or anaesthetics.
• Demonstrated clinical leadership and role-modeling for peers.
• Extended theatre experience as a senior practitioner essential.
• Strong understanding of patient safety, safeguarding, infection control and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred perioperative care across the pathway as a specialist or lead.
• Ensure all patient safety checks and WHO surgical safety processes are carried out per policy.
• Maintain credibility by modelling best practice and leading in high-risk situations.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision for theatre practitioners and support staff.
• Support development and assessment of competencies within the team and CPD.
• Mentor and coach junior staff, including students and newly qualified members.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Theatre experience

Mentoring

Communication

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

Scrub Practitioner/First Assistant qualification

ENB 998 or mentorship course

ILS

Job description

Circle Health Group's Bishops Wood Hospital in Middlesex seeks a Lead Theatre Practitioner for a 12-month fixed term. You will lead the perioperative team, ensuring patient-centred care, surgical safety, and clinical governance across scrub, recovery, or anaesthetics as appropriate.

This role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with a flexible shift pattern. You will mentor junior staff, drive competency development, and uphold standards within a multidisciplinary private healthcare setting.