# Senior Theatre Practitioner - Orthopaedic Scrub

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Nuffield Health
- **Town:** Oxford
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Salary:** Depends on experience
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-12T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15T11:34:58.490Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0302-26-0785?employerCode=E0302
- **Application URL:** https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=aGFubmFoLmxvd25kZXMuMTcwNjYuMTI1MTJAbnVmZmllbGQuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t

## Job Content

### Job summary

Senior Theatre Practitioner - Orthopaedic Scrub Newcastle Hospital | Theatre | Permanent | Full Time | Up to £45,000 per annum depending on skills and experience 37.5 hours per week Wherever you're currently working, Nuffield Health is where you'll excel. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued.

### Main duties of the job

As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will: Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns. Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures) Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines. Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition. Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery. Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners

### About us

Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit. We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.

### Details

- Date posted: 15 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: JR0099976
- Job locations: Clayton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1JP, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

Senior Theatre Practitioner - Orthopaedic Scrub Newcastle Hospital | Theatre | Permanent | Full Time | Up to £45,000 per annum depending on skills and experience 37.5 hours per week Wherever you're currently working, Nuffield Health is where you'll excel. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you're helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you. As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker. As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:

Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.

Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures)

Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.

Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.

Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.

Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners

Proven experience required within Orthopaedic Theatre as a Senior.

Support can be provided to progress development for SFA.

Opportunity to progress with teaching, learning and development.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration.

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