Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Salisbury is seeking a Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics to join their enthusiastic and motivated team. The role involves managing varied caseloads, supervising junior staff, and ensuring high-quality care delivery. Ideal candidates should have substantial orthopaedic experience, strong communication skills, and a commitment to professional development. This position offers a competitive salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum pro rata based on hours worked.

Benefits

Access to NHS discounts

Generous pension scheme

On-site leisure centre

Car parking

Qualifications

• 3 years of orthopaedic experience required.
• Professional registration necessary.
• Experience in clinical audit and evidence of leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop junior members of the team.
• Deliver high-quality care and experiences for patients.
• Conduct audits to ensure quality standards.

Skills

Orthopaedic scrub experience

Excellent communication skills

Coaching experience

Leadership skills

Education

Professional registration (NMC/HCPC)

Job description

Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated senior orthopaedic practitioner. We are looking for an individual to help carry our service forward along with the current staff. We currently have 15 Consultants and run a 24/7 trauma service with elective theatres running alongside these theatres, encompassing elective and Trauma, upper, lower limb, and spines. We offer personal and professional development within our friendly team. If you have orthopaedic scrub experience and feel this is the job for you, please apply.

Main duties of the job

The role is demanding, and the right candidate will demonstrate the required professionalism and dedication to mange the combined requirements of the vacancy.

Work on varied caseload using technology and equipment.

Supervise, develop junior members of the team.

Deliver high quality care and experiences for patients which will be evidence based.

Experience in completing audits.

Excellent communication skills and great team worker, flexible and motivated.

Able to engage with colleagues at all levels.

Teaching students

Support senior colleagues.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre, and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We believe working here is rewarding, you can access a range of NHS discounts, we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Competance Based

• 3 years orthopaedic experience
• Professional registration
• Coaching experience
• Evidence in leadership skills
• Experience in clinical audit

Professional registration

• NMC/HCPC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata if part time