Theatre Practitioner – Scrub & Recovery

GEH; Nuneaton and Bedworth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site nursery

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible working

In-house training and development

Buying and selling of annual leave

Subsidised restaurant

On-site parking

Job summary

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust invites applications for a Theatre Practitioner – Obstetric Scrub & Recovery. This Band 5 role is full-time (37.5 hours) with weekend and unsocial hours, based at Nuneaton.

You will have sound theatre knowledge, scrub and recovery experience in obstetrics, excellent communication, and be able to work flexibly as part of a multidisciplinary team within perioperative services. Closing date 30 October 2026.

Qualifications

• Experienced Obstetric Scrub and Recovery Practitioner with operating theatre knowledge.
• Must be organised with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team in perioperative care.

Responsibilities

• Strive for the continuous improvements in the delivery of high-quality patient focused care.
• Contribute to the Trust's EXCEL values while delivering care.
• Assist in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating perioperative care.
• Maintain privacy and dignity of patients; ensure a friendly environment.
• Manage theatre area in the absence of Team Leaders; maintain safe staffing; ensure policies.
• Support preceptorship and mentoring of staff and students in placement.

Skills

Obstetric Scrub

Operating Theatres

Recovery Practitioner

Communication skills

Job description

Main area Obstetric Theatre Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Weekends and Unsocial hours) Job ref 230-27942688-PCD-D

Site George Eliot NHS Trust Hospital Town Nuneaton Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/10/2026 23:59

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is"to EXCEL at patient care"

If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join#TeamEliot.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour aren’t as likely to apply unless they meet every qualification of non specialist roles.

We’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and meet our values, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything in the Job Description or Person Specification– apply anyway or email the Recruiting Manager to discuss the role further

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community. We are a Veteran Aware and Reservist Friendly organisation and welcome applications from Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Instructors, and family members of serving personnel.

Job overview

Theatre Practitioner – Obstetric Scrub & Recovery

37.5 hours per week (Weekends and Unsocial hours)

Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 30th October 2026

Interview Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more

• The successful candidate will be an Experienced Obstetric Scrub and Recovery Practitioner who must possess a sound knowledge and experience in Operating Theatres.
• You must be organised, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must be motivated and enthusiastic with a passion for high quality patient care, and the ability to work well under pressure and flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Strive for the continuous improvements in the delivery of high-quality patient focused care.
• To have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the Trust’s vision and EXCEL values and behave in a way that reflects these.
• Assist in the provision of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients in the perioperative environment.
• Being sensitive to our patients and staff needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and always ensuring a friendly environment.
• As skills develop, manage the Theatre area in the absence of the Team Leaders, maintain safe staffing levels, ensuring that polices are always adhered to, and the Senior Theatre team remain updated.
• Assists the Professional Development Team in the management of preceptorship of newly qualified staff, return to practice staff and the mentorship of Nursing /ODP students and theatre support workers.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

xcellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Eexpect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts policies and guidelines.
• Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
• Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
• Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected.

Managerial

• Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients and contribute to cost improvement programmes.
• Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management.
• Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations.
• Ensure that adequate skill mix is available to meet the needs of the patients. If deficits are unavoidable, contact the appropriate Senior Staff for support.

Educational and Training

• Have a positive attitude to continuing professional development to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective perioperative practice.
• Participate in Trust Appraisal System.
• Possess a clear understanding of Clinical Governance in relation to standards of care, support of colleagues and audit of given care.
• Participate in the utilisation, evaluation and conduct of audit and research.
• Contribute to preceptoring, mentoring and assessing of colleagues and students in placement.

Professional

• Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of anyprofessional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
• Ensure that Revalidation requirements for NMC/HCPC Registration are adhered.

Human Resources

• Assist senior colleagues with duty rostering.
• Having an awareness of skill mix and its appropriateness in maintaining service needs.

Special Requirements

• Provide on-call/stand-by cover as necessitated by departmental needs.
• During night duty, it may be required to call in a second team.
• Pre-check the operating lists (all specialties competent in), to ensure that any ‘special’ prosthesis required has been ordered.
• Provide cover for extra-theatre activities e.g. maternity, cardiac arrest team, trauma team, external transfers, x-ray.
• Be able to cannulate and administer intravenous drugs.
• Be able to catheterise male and female patients.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

• Minimum of 12 months post registration within the Perioperative environment
• Significant Experience Scrub Practitioner within Orthopaedic
• Strong knowledge of orthopaedic instrumentation, implants and surgical techniques
• Ability to anticipate the needs of the surgical team and maintain a safe, efficient surgical site
• Excellent understanding of Infection Control, patient safety and perioperative standards
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Recovery experience
• Registered General Nurse and / or Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• Ability to have positive working relationships
• Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise
• Provide and receive complex and sensitive information, understanding the barriers to effective communication

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

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.