Theatre Practitioner - Scrub (RGN/ODP)

Nuffield Health; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare charity in Plymouth is seeking a Theatre Practitioner (Scrub RGN/ODP) to join their team. The role involves providing high-quality perioperative care, working in a multidisciplinary environment and supporting junior staff. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented and empathetic with strong communication skills and relevant registration. The position offers a competitive salary up to £36,000 pro-rata for 30 hours per week, and includes opportunities for continuous growth and personal development.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience in scrub roles within a theatre environment.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team covering varied patient caseloads.
• Experience supervising and developing junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality perioperative care in a multidisciplinary team setting.
• Use state-of-the-art technology and facilities.
• Create high-quality care and patient experiences.

Skills

Detail orientation

Empathy

Communication skills

Education

NMC or HCPC Registration

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Theatre Practitioner - Scrub (RGN/ODP)

Apply locations Plymouth time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 29, 2025 (26 days left to apply) job requisition id JR0089517

Theatre Practitioner - Scrub (RGN/ODP)

Plymouth Hospital | Theatre | Permanent | Part-Time | Includes weekend work

Up to £36,000.00 per annum (pro-rata), depending on experience

30 hours per week

Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.

As a Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our hospital, you’ll be focused, detail-oriented empathetic with great communication skills. You’re registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. With post-registration experience in Scrub roles within a Theatre environment, you’re a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.

As a Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:

• Work in a multi disaplinary team covering a varied patient caseload

• Use state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities

• Supervise, support and develop junior members of the team

• Provide high-quality perioperative care in a multidisciplinary team setting

• Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based

• Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development, which can include Surgical First Assist training.

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.

Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital

The Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital is situated next to the Nuffield Health Devonshire Gym, in Derriford, Plymouth and we have been part of the Plymouth community since 1971. We have 3 main theatres – 2 laminar flow and 1 digital, a fully JAG accredited endoscopy suite, a 35-bedded ward with one 4 bedded bay and one 2 bedded bay. Our outpatients department has 12 consulting rooms. We carry out treatment under a range of specialities including Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery. We recently were rated in the top 50 hospitals in the country for our total hip replacement patient outcomes.

At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

Apply today… It starts with you.

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About Us

Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit.

We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services.

As a charity, we invest all our income back in to our services, in to pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly, we invest in to our flagship programmes, which have been developed to help people who could normally afford or access our services.

Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.