Theatre Practitioner - Scrub | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Preston, PR2 9HT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Aug 2026
Closing date:	24 Sept 2026

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Main Theatre department at Royal Preston Hospital for Neurosurgery Theatres or Emergency Theatres. You will need to be able to be flexible with your hours as these theatres require working over 7 days a week and on nights. No fixed days can be accommodated.

Please be aware if there is a high number of applicants for this role the advert may close early due to demand.

We are looking for a scrub practitioner who has a passion for providing high quality patient focused surgical care who has a flexible attitude towards work and a desire for new challenges. As a trust we are committed to the development of future healthcare professionals and theatres is pivotal to these trainees. As a qualified practitioner you would be expected to contribute to their development and support.

If you would like to be part of a forward thinking team in an ambitious teaching hospital with a dynamic and expanding department, please get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.

Our vision for theatres is to deliver first class peri-operative care for every patient.

In return our commitment to you is to offer support, development and opportunities in an inclusive environment. Therefore, we will offer you:

•Great learning opportunities to enable all staff to fulfil their potential

•A fully supported induction programme with a named mentor

•Ongoing support from theatre clinical education team

•Salary sacrifice scheme - childcare, electronics and cars

•A generous annual leave provision

Please be aware if there is a high number of applicants for this role the advert may close early due to demand.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

These are exciting times ahead for theatres here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals as we are committed to service development within theatres offering staff the opportunity to share ideas and look at new ways of working through our staff voices forum.

Our vision for theatres is to deliver first class peri-operative care for every patient. In return our commitment to you is to offer support, development and opportunities in an inclusive environment.

As an integral member of the operating theatre team for Neuro and Emergency Theatres, you would be directly involved in the following specialities:

Neuro

Neuro Intervention

Vascular

Colorectal

Upper GI

Urology

Plastics

ENT & Max Fax

Please note that this post will include working long shifts (8-9, 7:45- 20:30, 8-7), working weekends and covering nights for emergency theatres.

This advert closes on Friday 28 Aug 2026

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