Theatre Practitioner (General Theatres)

Transformation Unit; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

On-site nursery

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Band 5 Theatre Practitioner (General Theatres) at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. You will join a highly skilled general and emergency theatre team and contribute to patient care, education, and ongoing development within theatres.

The role welcomes practitioners with or without theatre experience and offers an education strategy to support career progression. Sponsorship is not normally available; right-to-work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/ODP with current NMC or HCPC Registration
• Relevant scrub experience
• Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification

Responsibilities

• Act as scrub practitioner for general and Emergency surgical procedures
• Communicate effectively within the MDT to provide excellent care
• Prepare operating theatre for surgery with required equipment and supplies

Skills

NMC/HCPC registration

Scrub experience

Teaching qualification

Job description

Main area Theatres - General Surgery Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes weekends, nights and bank holidays) Job ref 193-8320240PCG

Employer Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Berkshire Hospital Town Reading Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59

Theatre Practitioner (General Theatres)

NHS AfC: Band 5

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'.

We areCompassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We areAspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We areResourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We areExcellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.

Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Job overview

Band 5 Theatre Practitioner (General Theatres)

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

You will be working as part of a highly skilled General and Emergency theatre team.

Candidates interested in developing a career in theatres will have the opportunity to develop a range of relevant skills as we have a dedicated education team in place with a comprehensive education strategy which underpins the development of all grades of staff within theatres, facilitating career development and progression.

As a Theatre Practitioner, you will play an important role within our multi-disciplinary theatre team, providing high quality care for our patients.

This opportunity is suited to a practitioner with or without theatre experience.

Main duties of the job

As a Theatre Practitioner you will:

• Act as scrub practitioner for general and Emergency surgical procedures.
• Communicate effectively within the MDT in order to provide excellent care for patients.
• Preparing operating theatre for surgery as required. To include equipment and supplies required for specific procedures, ensuring appropriate use of resources and minimal waste.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values: Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/ODP with current NMC or HCPC Registration
• Relevant scrub experience
• Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification

Skills

• Adaptable to cope with change/ variable environment
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Money Advice Service
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• On-site nursery (based at RBH)
• Full educational library services
• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
• Bus to work scheme
• Excellent rail and bus links
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system (TRAC). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information. All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a 6 month probationary period.

The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy will automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Name Rita Pinto Job title Clinical Lead Practiotioner Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01183227594 Additional information

Rita Pinto / Tsitsi Gore (Clinical Lead Practitioners) 0118 322 7594 / [e-mail] / [e-mail]