# Registered Practitioner - Theatres > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-practitioner-theatres/3ac2a196-c8a2-49a8-94ca-da986b55bdbe - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-practitioner-theatres/3ac2a196-c8a2-49a8-94ca-da986b55bdbe.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Location:** Lister Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:30:45.926Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Theatres_Main_Theatres/Theatres_Main_Theatres-v8240553 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8240553?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for Registered Practitioner - 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. This role is within Theatres, there is an expectation to be rotated across all theatre areas including the QE2 to assist and care for patients undergoing a variety of elective (Vascular, Orthopaedics, Urology, Obstetrics & Gynae, Plastics, Robotics, ENT, Oral Surgery, Ophthalmology, General Surgery) and Emergency procedures. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ### Main duties of the job The post holder 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. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparation, safe use, decontamination, troubleshooting and reporting of faulty complex equipment. You will need to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the safety and comfort of patients and be flexible to be able to work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs. You will also need to work on-call and out of hours working, regardless of the department you are based in, to provide emergency access to our most acutely ill patients. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good interpersonal and communication skills - Can organise and prioritise - Ability to demonstrate initiative - Flexible - Good planning skills - Clear written and spoken English ### Knowledge **Essential** - Aware of the National 6 Cs campaign - Aware of Trust’s Values - An understanding of peri-operative patient care - Understanding of aseptic technique - Participate in audit - Teamwork ### Other requirements **Essential** - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion - Role model our Trust values every day ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience in either an inpatient or day surgery theatre, maternity theatre or other clinical area - Experience of providing clinical support outside of the theatre area **Desirable** - Peri-operative practice, skilled in scrub ### Qualifications / Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse or ODP - Must be willing to undertake post registration courses as advised by the Practice Educators/Theatre team Leaders **Desirable** - ILS/PILS ## Documents - [band 5 scrub jd (pdf, 906.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551382) - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.