Registered Practitioner - Theatres
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
We are recruiting for Registered Practitioner - Theatres, who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary se...
The post holder will receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedure.
You will be responsible for preparing the Theatre for surgery and preparing sterile equipment/ supplies and keep waste to a minimum.
The successful candidate will be responsible for preparation, safe use, decontamination, troubleshooting and reporting of faulty complex equipment.
You will need to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the safety and comfort of patients and be flexible to be able to work in any of the Theatre areas according to service needs.
You will also need to work on-call and out of hours working, regardless of the department you are based in, to provide emergency access to our most acutely ill patients.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse or ODP
- Must be willing to undertake post registration courses as advised by the Practice Educators/Theatre team Leaders
Desirable
- ILS/PILS
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in either an inpatient or day surgery theatre, maternity theatre or other clinical area
- Experience of providing clinical support outside of the theatre area
Desirable
- Peri-operative practice, skilled in scrub
Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Can organise and prioritise
- Ability to demonstrate initiative
- Flexible
- Good planning skills
- Clear written and spoken English
Knowledge
Essential
- Aware of the National 6 Cs campaign
- Aware of Trust's Values
- An understanding of peri-operative patient care
- Understanding of aseptic technique
- Participate in audit
- Teamwork
- Participate in audit
Other requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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