Senior Theatre Practitioner -Scrub Nurse

Nuffield Health Brentwood; Brentwood; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

free gym membership

health assessments

retail discounts

pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital is seeking a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) to join our perioperative team. You will be registered with HCPC, hold the relevant qualifications, and bring post-registration experience to ensure high standards of patient care in theatre.

This is a permanent, full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, offering a supportive environment, governance aligned with quality standards, and opportunities to lead theatre activity and mentor junior staff.

Qualifications

• Registered HCPC with relevant perioperative qualifications.
• Post-registration experience in theatre/perioperative care.
• Ability to lead in a busy theatre environment.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise patient safety and report safety concerns.
• Promote a safe working environment in theatre and perioperative areas.
• Support governance and compliance with national standards and guidance.
• Lead care management and delivery with kindness and professionalism.
• Collaborate with clinicians to enhance patient care and service delivery.
• Take charge of a theatre, coordinate activities and mentor junior practitioners.

Skills

Team leadership

Patient safety

Care delivery

Education

Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) qualification

HCPC registration

Job description

Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP)

Brentwood Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time

Competitive salary depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

Wherever you’re currently working, Nuffield Health is where you’ll excel. As the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you’re helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you.

As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our Brentwood Hospital, you’re registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You’re a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.

As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:

• Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.

• Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures)

• Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health’s Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.

• Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.

• Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.

• Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

• free gym membership
• health assessments
• retail discounts
• pension options

Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital

Our modern, well-equipped hospital provides a range of services and treatments from outpatients and minor procedures through to inpatients and major surgical specialties. Hospital facilities include 42 beds, 4 Theatres, an Endoscopy Suite, 16 consulting rooms, MRI, CT, General Imaging, Pathology, Physiotherapy, and an onsite Pharmacy. We are established as one of the leading providers of healthcare in the area and have just completed a major refurbishment of the Endoscopy Unit. With excellent patient satisfaction rates, we are proud of our reputation for clinical excellence and outstanding care. Brentwood hospital specialises in orthopaedics, general surgery, men's and women’s health, children’s services, and cosmetic surgery.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

It starts with you.