Job overview
Band 6 Theatre Practitioner (Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner) Theatres – Scrub – Orthopaedics 2 x 37.5 hour posts and General Surgery Part time 28 hours per week Band 6 £39,959 – £48,117 per annum, pro rata if part time Hours: 37.5 per week all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
We are seeking enthusiastic Band 6 theatre practitioners with current NMC/HCPC registration, who will play a key role in delivering safe, high quality perioperative care withing a multidisciplinary team. As a band 6 theatre practitioner, you will take on leadership role within the perioperative team, supporting the safe delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care while contributing to service development. You will play an important part in developing the team and embedding best practice across our expanding theatre service. You will have significant experience within orthopadeic and general surgery specialties, demonstrate leadership potential or experience within a theatre setting, have excellent communication and organisational skills and be adaptable and able to work in a faced paced environment.
Milton Keynes University Hospital also recently celebrated our 1000th robotic surgery in August 2025. This achievement highlights our commitment to innovation and quality, with robotic-assisted procedures now routinely performed across colorectal, urology, gynecology, and general surgery specialties
For any further information or an informal visit, please contact Jeff Mejares, Senior Team Leader Orthopaedics at [email protected] or call 01908 995585 or Alicia Tabada, Senior Team Leader General Team at [email protected] or call 01908 995561
Interviews : week commencing 20 July 2026
Main duties of the job
94% feel that their role makes a difference to patience and service users. ''NHS Survey, 2024''
'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'
The theatres at MKGH are split into two suites with a total of 12 operating theatres, and a procedure room suite which undertakes both elective and emergency work. The role of the Band 6 is to assist in theatres in the delivery of safe and effective care to the patient.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Join #TeamSurgery at Milton Keynes University Hospital
The surgery division at MKUH, which covers specialties including theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, offers a variety of roles and opportunities, both clinical and non-clinical. The division are looking for passionate, enthusiastic and forward-thinking professionals to join the team.
MKUH is one of the leading hospitals in Europe for implementing robotics to assist in surgery, becoming the first in the continent to use the CMR Versius robot for gynaecological surgery. Since its introduction in 2019, the theatres team have completed over 500 surgical cases, the first hospital in the UK to reach this milestone, achieving this in March 2023.
As well as being an innovator in robotics, the Trust is proud to be part of the New Hospital Programme, with plans to expand and increase our surgical capacity to meet the health needs of our communities now and in the future.
With a leading benefits package, and a growing hospital estate to meet one of the fastest growing populations in the country, it is a great time to join MKUH.
Find out more about working in #TeamSurgery at MKUH from the people who work across the division in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYel-Y9nrU
Managerial and Leadership Responsibilities
Manage overall responsibility of the running of specific clinical theatre list within a given day, including organising resources [to include staff] and dealing with emergency requests, re-establishing priorities as required to meet service needs. Act as team leader undertaking delegated tasks from Senior Team Leader / Manager to include Personal Development Review, sickness and performance management.
Clinical
Assess, develop, implement and evaluate patient care when receiving the patient into the theatre environment, whilst supporting the patient through invasive procedures and during handover at the completion of the anaesthetic/surgical procedure. Be able to deal with more complex cases such as paediatric patients (6 months onwards) and able to assist with difficult airways (awake fibre optic intubations).
Quality
Follow directorate and trust policies that impact on the job role. Will be expected to take an active role in proposing and implementing changes, updating and revising policies and guidelines that effect their specialist work area. Have regular participation in hospital audit, clinical trials and risk management processes
Education
Plan and organise ad hoc teaching sessions on theatre practice issues for the theatre team. Take responsibility for mentoring small groups of staff and trainees, this includes appraisals with the ability to adjust supervision and training plans, assessing competence and reporting on progress
Please refer to the attached job description for further details.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to people with widely varying levels of understanding
- Ability to assess patients and plan, organise and evaluate their care
- Ability to manage own workload and that of junior staff
- Ability to work with high levels of physical skill
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Ability to assess patients as fit for transfer
- Ability to organize the ongoing provision of staff, kit and disposables
- Ability to help develop and implement new policies and procedures
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the theatre environment
- Experience of mentoring students
Desirable
- Experience of addressing multiple service priorities, including staffing, equipment, theatre availability and availability of surgeons/anaesthetists
Communication
Essential
- Excellent and accurate written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to people with widely varying levels of understanding
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Operating Department Practice OR Registered General Nurse OR DipHE Operating Department Practice OR accredited additional qualification in anaesthetic practice equivalent to AAGBI
- Evidence of degree level study
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate a good level of understanding and skill of paediatric anaesthetics
- First Line Management Course/Team Leadership course or equivalent
Personal and people development
Essential
- Self-motivated
- Acts as a role model
- Has a flexible attitude
- Encourages and develops juniors and trainees
- Has good organizational skills
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