Theatre Practitioner – Scrub And Anaesthetics

Nuffield Health Group; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is seeking a Theatre Practitioner to join our bank pool in Scrub and Anaesthetics. This role supports Consultants during procedures and offers autonomous practice within a multidisciplinary team.

You will work with state‑of‑the‑art equipment, supervise junior staff, and help ensure safe anaesthesia administration and patient care. Bank shifts provide ad‑hoc hours to fit business needs.

Qualifications

• Registered Theatre Nurse or ODP with NMC or HCPC registration.
• Post-registration orthopaedic scrub experience is preferred.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Consultants during procedures with scrub and anaesthetic care.
• Supervise, support and develop junior staff within the theatre team.
• Deliver high quality, evidence-based patient care and maintain sterile operating environments.

Skills

Theatre scrub experience

Anaesthetic procedures

Teamwork

Communication

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

Job description

Theatre Practitioner – Scrub and Anaesthetics (Bank)

Exeter Hospital | Nursing | Bank | Ad Hoc

£26.50 per hour

We value expertise at Nuffield Health. It’s our combination of expert knowledge, innovative thinking and passion for care that has enabled us to become Britain’s largest not for profit healthcare provider. It has also helped us to build a unique network delivering connected healthcare - from hospitals, to Fitness and Wellbeing Clubs, to specialist services including physiotherapy. Across our network, brilliant people benefit from our commitment to invest every penny in our services and people. With more time and greater scope to do what you love, the specialist in you will thrive here.

We’re looking for exceptional Theatre Practitioners to join our bank, offering support and assistance to the Consultants during procedures. With drive, passion and high standards, you might join us from the NHS or a private setting. Either way, you’ll discover unrivalled scope to work autonomously, make full use of your skills and knowledge and add value. This is nursing as it should be. You’ll be able to grow your career and be free of the constraints that prevent you from achieving job satisfaction. We know you thrive on the pressure and intensity of theatre work. So you’ll work closely with leading consultants and other like‑minded professionals, who will respect and value what you bring to the close‑knit multidisciplinary team. You’ll enjoy opportunities to work on a varied caseload using technology, equipment and facilities which are state‑of‑the‑art. As well as supervising, supporting and developing junior staff, you’ll deliver high quality care and experiences for patients, which is always clinically effective, evidence based and appropriate.

As a registered Theatre Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, you’ll have the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. You’ll have post‑registration experience in major orthopaedic scrub role, be an excellent communicator and team worker – flexible and motivated. As part of the wider hospital team you’ll interact with colleagues on the ward because you understand that continuity in patient care is key. Like us, you’re driven by quality. You don’t like to make compromises and we won’t ask you to. We’ll make sure you have everything you need to do a job you’re proud of.

As a Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetic, you will:

• Work with leading consultants and like‑minded professionals
• Enjoy a varied caseload with state‑of‑the‑art technology, equipment and facilities
• Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff
• Create high‑quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based
• Ensure the safe administration of anaesthetics and monitor vital signs throughout surgical procedures
• Participate in maintaining a sterile operating environment and adhering to all safety protocols
• Collaborate closely with anaesthetists and surgical teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes and interact closely with colleagues on the ward
• Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development

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.

• Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive
• Access to our Pension Scheme
• discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month.

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad‑hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital

The Exeter Nuffield hospital is based next to the RD&E hospital in Wonford, Exeter. The hospital has 2 theatres, as well as a hybrid cardiac catheter laboratory/theatre and an Endoscopy suite. There are two ward areas: an inpatient area with 21 beds and a day‑case ward with 12 beds. We also have a busy outpatient department, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and radiology department including an MRI scanner. We specialise in elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery, cardiology including invasive procedures, general surgery, plastics and cosmetic surgery, ENT, and gynaecology. The Hospital has a MAKO robot that undertakes some of the joint replacement surgery which we have become well known for in this field of surgery.

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