Theatre Practitioner

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career where every day brings something new? At Queen Alexandra Hospital, you will be part of a forward-thinking team at one of the UKs most innovative perioperative services.

Our Theatres Department is recognised internationally as a Worldwide Centre of Excellence for Robotic Surgery. We offer a modern, well-equipped environment with 29 state-of-the-art theatres across two floors, plus two dedicated maternity theatres delivering elective, emergency, and trauma services for adult, paediatric and obstetric patients.

You will ensure high quality nursing care is coordinated and delivered using a family focused model of practice.

Work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team ensuring patient care is delivered smoothly and efficiently.

What Makes Us Unique

A Diverse & Evolving Working Environment

Our staff are encouraged to continually develop their skills and rotate between at least two areas of practice. Anaesthetic, Recovery and Scrub teams also provide specialist support to:

• Maternity Theatres
• Interventional Radiology
• MRI
• Gastroenterology remote services

We provide a 24/7 service with a variety of shift patterns to suit different lifestyles.

Recent service evolution has enabled theatre staff to rotate into Critical Care, creating valuable opportunities for career progression and broader clinical experience.

Job responsibilities

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.