Theatre Practitioner – Scrub & Recovery


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	30 Oct 2026

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Summary

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.

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