Senior Orthopaedic Theatre Practitioner

Senior Orthopaedic Scrub Theatre Practitioner

Location: Princess Grace Hospital

Hours: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

Shifts: Monday-Friday and occasional Saturdays, flexible 3 or 4 days a week (early & long days)

Salary: Competitive + shift allowance

We are looking for a Senior Scrub Theatre Practitioner with strong elective major orthopaedic experience to join our Operating Theatres Department at The Princess Grace Hospital, currently rated “Good” by the CQC. The theatre environment provides advanced equipment, including Da Vinci Surgical System and a hybrid theatre, robotic surgery suite and 3 laminar flow theatres for orthopaedic surgery. We cover major orthopaedic surgeries such as hips, knees, shoulders, replacements and revisions.

In this role you will deliver exceptional care to patients undergoing a wide range of major orthopaedic surgeries, including hip, knee, shoulder procedures, and replacements and revisions. You’ll run theatre lists, set up theatres, maintain a sterile field, assist the surgical team, safeguard patient wellbeing throughout the perioperative period, and mentor junior team members. Collaboration with colleagues across all areas of the theatre suite is essential.

• Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner
• HCPC registered or NMC pin
• Strong major orthopaedic experience (hips, knees, shoulder replacements) – Essential
• 3+ years as Senior Scrub Theatre Practitioner covering major orthopaedics
• Team player
• Effective communication and strong interpersonal skills
• Confident to set up theatres and run theatre lists
• Initiative and problem‑solving before escalating

HCA UK is one of the largest private healthcare providers in the UK, investing in cutting‑edge treatments, technology, and facilities. We provide career progression opportunities, flexible benefits and a focus on both mental and physical wellbeing.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increases with service, can buy/sell leave)
• Private healthcare insurance
• Private pension contribution (increases with length of service)
• Season ticket loan and cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Group life assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Corporate staff discounts (including maternity packages at The Portland)
• Flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

We celebrate the unique perspectives of our people and commit to exceptional care. Our core values are:

• Unique and Individual – recognise and value everyone as unique
• Kindness and compassion – treat people with kindness
• Honesty, integrity and fairness – act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
• Loyalty, respect and dignity – treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family

We are a Disability Confident organisation and provide flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and workplace.