Theatre Practitioner - Orthopaedic Scrub/SFA

Overview

Position: Theatre Practitioner

Location: The Winterbourne Hospital, Dorchester

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full-time, flexible shift pattern

Salary: Up to £41,000 per year, depending on experience, training, and qualification.

Responsibilities

• Assist the surgical team by preparing instruments, maintaining sterility, anticipating the surgeon's needs, and ensuring equipment safety.
• Support the anaesthetist in equipment preparation, patient monitoring, airway management, and positioning.
• Provide post-operative care, monitoring vital signs, managing pain and nausea, and ensuring patient readiness for discharge.
• Adhere to infection prevention and control policies and procedures at all times.
• Set up operating theatres according to surgery type and specific patient requirements.
• Check all surgical and anaesthetic equipment prior to use and report faults immediately.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to achieve safe and efficient surgical lists.
• Support and contribute to a positive, respectful, and efficient theatre environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC).
• Experience or training in a theatre environment specialising in scrub, anaesthetics, or recovery.
• Understanding of infection control, manual handling, and patient safety principles.
• Ability to work under pressure, problem solve, and respond quickly to changes in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and commitment to safe surgical practice.
• Previous experience in major orthopaedic scrub and SFA is essential.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service.
• Private pension scheme.
• Private healthcare scheme (covering pre existing medical conditions).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay.
• Private health care coverage within the group hospitals.
• Life insurance.
• Access to a staff engagement hub, wellbeing resources, and voluntary benefits.
• Employee recognition programmes and industry leading training and development opportunities.