Theatre Practitioner

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Grove Green; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Free Staff Parking

Pension Scheme

Private Health Insurance

33 Days annual leave plus birthday

Life Assurance

Annual Flu Vaccination

Flexible working and annualised hours

Relocation packages

Job summary

KIMS Hospital is seeking a Senior Theatre Practitioner to join our private theatre environment. You will maintain excellent scrub practice, mentor junior colleagues, and support a positive team culture focused on safe, high-quality patient care.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary theatre team, progressing your skills and helping the team develop while delivering efficient surgical lists and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Senior Theatre Practitioner with proven scrub experience.
• Experience leading and mentoring junior team members.
• Ability to plan, organise and run theatre lists.

Responsibilities

• Act as scrub practitioner for general and orthopaedic procedures.
• Lead and mentor junior team members, deputising for Lead Theatre Practitioner.
• Communicate with Sterile Services, Wards, and Imaging to ensure patient care.
• Prepare operating and anaesthetic rooms with required equipment and supplies.
• Manage surgical lists and supervise staff.

Skills

Scrub experience

Leadership

Mentoring junior staff

Communication

Theatre list planning

Team collaboration

Tools

Surgical scrub equipment

Job description

• Act as scrub practitioner for general and orthopaedic surgical procedures.
• Lead and mentor junior members of the team, deputising for the Lead Theatre Practitioner when necessary.
• Communicating effectively with other departments e.g. Sterile Services, Wards, and Imaging department to ensure efficient patient care.
• Preparing operating and anaesthetic rooms for surgery as required. To include equipment and supplies required for specific procedures, ensuring appropriate use of resources and minimal waste.
• Assessing patient care requirements, implementing care and evaluating outcomes., For more information regarding this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
• Be proficient in leading the management of surgical lists.
• Have experience in planning, organising and running lists within the theatre suite.
• Experience of supervising staff and scheduling operating lists, Post registration clinical experience within the perioperative environment, in Scrub and Anaesthetics, in an acute hospital (NHS or Private).

Working in a private healthcare theatre environment offers the opportunity to provide truly patient-centred care. With well-resourced theatres, planned surgical lists, and a strong focus on quality rather than volume, you will have the time, equipment, and support needed to deliver excellent clinical outcomes. Our culture values collaboration, professional development, and high standards of perioperative practice, allowing you to focus on what matters most-safe, high-quality patient care.

As a Senior Theatre Practitioner, you will play an important role within our multi-disciplinary theatre team. Alongside maintaining excellent scrub practice, you will help support and mentor junior colleagues, contribute to a positive team culture, and ensure the highest standards of patient safety and clinical care within the theatre department. This opportunity is best suited to a practitioner with proven scrub experience, who is confident working within the scrub role and is passionate about developing both their own skills and those of the team around them. In return, you will be supported in progressing your pe,

KIMS Hospital employees enjoy the following benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Free Staff Parking
• Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance
• 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
• Life Assurance
• Annual Flu Vaccination
• Free Eye Test
• Flexible working and annualised hours contracts are available
• Relocation packages available

At KIMS Hospital we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.