Theatre Practitioners - Scrub & Recovery | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stevenage is seeking Registered Practitioners in Theatres to deliver outstanding care and assist in various elective and emergency procedures. Candidates must be versatile and ready to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends. You will play a critical role in patient safety and comfort across multiple theatre areas. The Trust supports a positive work-life balance and commitment to its core values.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Ability to prepare the Theatre for surgery and assist in clinical procedures.
• Experience in safe use, troubleshooting, and decontamination of complex medical equipment.
• Skill in working as part of a multidisciplinary team during emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Receive, transfer, and position patients for clinical procedures.
• Prepare and maintain sterile equipment/supplies needed for surgery.
• Admit, discharge, and care for patients post-operatively.

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for Registered Practitioners in Theatres who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Our service now includes admission and recovery of elective patients and a continued emergency service for the Trust. Our team works 24/7, 365 days a year. As part of a rotation with other team members, you'll be expected to work evenings, nights, on calls, Bank Holidays and weekends.

We have roles within Theatres, in Scrub & PACU and there is an expectation to be rotated across all theatre areas to assist and care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Vascular, Orthopaedics, Urology, Obstetrics & Gynae, Plastics, Robotics, ENT and General Surgery) and Emergency procedures.

Our values are Include, Respect, and Improve. It's crucial that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Responsibilities

• You will receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedure.
• You will be responsible for preparing the Theatre for surgery and preparing sterile equipment/ supplies and keep waste to a minimum.
• Responsible for preparation, safe use, decontamination, troubleshooting and reporting of faulty complex equipment.
• Admit and discharge theatre patients, care for patients post operatively.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the safety and comfort of patients.
• Work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs, regardless of which theatre department they are based in including QE2 site, although it is anticipated that staff do permanently work in the department they are employed to be based in.
• Participation in on- calls and out of hours working is needed by all staff, regardless of the department they are based in, to provide emergency access to our most acutely ill patients.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

Hospitals we run

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

Work-life balance and recruitment process

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the Job Description and Person specifcation included in this pack for the detailed job description.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Sep 2025