# Senior Theatre Practitioner/ODP > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-theatre-practitionerodp/bb5ede7d-61fd-4e98-926f-21f9f02c57a5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-theatre-practitionerodp/bb5ede7d-61fd-4e98-926f-21f9f02c57a5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kent and Canterbury Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Operating department practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T12:04:29.851Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Canterbury/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Surgery_Anaesthetics/Surgery_Anaesthetics-v8045032 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8045032?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Theatre Practitioner to join our dynamic theatre team. This role is pivotal in delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred perioperative care within a busy and evolving environment. As a senior member of the team, you will provide clinical leadership, support service delivery across a 24/7 emergency pathway, and play a key role in driving quality improvement and excellence in patient care. You will act as a role model, supporting the development of staff through mentorship and education, while ensuring compliance with professional, clinical, and organisational standards. The post holder will contribute to a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and inclusivity, ensuring the highest standards of care for all patients. ### Main duties of the job As a Senior Theatre Practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred perioperative care, ensuring patient safety, dignity, and compassion at all times. You will act as a patient advocate, maintaining confidentiality and supporting patients and families with clear, empathetic communication. The role includes participation in a 24/7 emergency service, including on-call, weekend, and bank holiday working, while promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion for all. You will maintain clinical excellence through continuous professional development, reflective practice, and adherence to professional standards. As a senior team member, you will support staff development through mentorship, teaching, and supervision, contributing to inductions, training programmes, and the promotion of evidence-based practice. You will demonstrate professionalism and leadership in line with NMC/HCPC and Trust standards, acting as a role model and escalating concerns appropriately to support a culture of openness and continuous improvement. You will ensure safety and quality within the theatre environment by adhering to infection prevention protocols, completing safety checks, and contributing to incident reporting, audits, and quality improvement initiatives. You will support clinical governance, safe equipment use, and may assist with theatre coordination, including staffing and rostering. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below. ### 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 ### Governance **Essential** - Registered NMC/HCPC - Adhere to governing body Standards of Proficiency and Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Maintain professional accountability - Compliance with clinical governance frameworks, organisational policies, and relevant legal and regulatory requirements. ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision & strategy - Has an understanding of the political agenda within healthcare - The post holder will develop the skills and theoretical knowledge through unit competencies required to fulfil the whole range of duties of the post. - IT Literate - Abilities to troubleshoot and manage workload - Staff motivator and advocate - Ability to support and deputise for Theatre Coordinators **Desirable** - Worked across a variety of Peri operative areas within you career ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Calm under pressure - Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively - Good interpersonal skills - Understanding of own limitations and seeks management support when appropriate. - Physically able to perform all aspects of clinical nursing role to include manual handling of patients - Ability to work as part of a Team, leading as necessary. - Highly motivated to improve patient and staff journey - Dedicated to the team and high standards - Can work off own initiative and remain dynamic in thinking. ### Skills & Experience **Essential** - Continuous recent experience as Band 5 theatre practitioner in an acute setting. - Experience of mentorship/clinical supervision. - Demonstrable interest and commitment to the professional development of others. - Ability to organise and manage day to day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this. - Communication skills – able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. - Understanding of the issues pertaining to clinical risk management. - Problem solving skills – able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and to identify appropriate sources of secondary support. - Ability to delegate appropriately and prioritise work independently. - Good teaching/facilitation skills **Desirable** - Familiar and participated in the interview process and used TRAC ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - NMC/ HCPC Qualification - Evidence of on-going personal and professional development **Desirable** - Degree/ working towards or equivalent experience. - Practice supervisor / Assessor Training ## Documents - [application pack (pdf, 926.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10333734) - [senior theatre practitioner jd (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10337810) ## 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.