Senior Theatre Practitioner – Scrub

Senior Theatre Practitioner – Scrub
The Princess Grace Hospital, London
Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Monday to Saturday, earlies and lates
Permanent
Salary: Competitive + shift allowance

We’re looking for a Senior Theatre Practitioner – Scrub to join our Theatres team at The Princess Grace Hospital. At HCA UK, we know that great patient care starts with great people. That’s why we invest in our colleagues, creating an environment where expertise is valued, development is encouraged and achievements are recognised. This is an opportunity to join one of London’s leading multidisciplinary private hospitals, renowned for delivering exceptional care across a wide range of specialties, including breast and robotic surgery.

You’ll work in a technologically advanced theatre environment featuring a hybrid theatre, a dedicated robotic surgery suite and laminar flow theatres designed for complex orthopaedic procedures. Supported by leading consultants and the latest technology, you’ll be part of a collaborative team focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for every patient.

As a Senior Theatre Practitioner – Scrub within our theatre suite, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, high quality perioperative care across a complex and varied surgical caseload. With a particular focus on general, breast and robotic procedures, you’ll work alongside highly experienced surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre colleagues in a fast paced environment where teamwork and clinical excellence go hand in hand. Beyond supporting theatre lists, you’ll have the opportunity to share your specialist knowledge, support the development of junior colleagues and contribute to maintaining exceptional standards of care. This role offers genuine scope to further develop your expertise within specialist surgical services while working in an organisation that actively supports career progression and continuous learning.

At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.

What you’ll do:

• Provide expert scrub support across a range of surgical procedures, with a particular focus on breast and robotic surgery.
• Prepare operating theatres, instruments and specialist equipment to ensure the safe and effective delivery of surgical care.
• Support patients throughout their perioperative journey, maintaining the highest standards of safety, dignity and compassion.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient and well coordinated theatre lists.
• Support, mentor and share knowledge with junior colleagues while contributing to quality improvement and best practice initiatives.

What you’ll bring:

• Registration as a Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with the NMC or HCPC.
• Significant experience working as a scrub practitioner within a theatre environment.
• Experience supporting breast surgery and/or robotic surgery procedures.
• Strong understanding of perioperative practice, infection prevention and patient safety standards.
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative and team focused approach.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Senior Theatre Practitioner – Scrub, Theatres you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays, increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which 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 discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

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

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them