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Theatre Practitioner - Major Ortho Scrub (Bank)

Nuffield Health

Exeter, EX2 4UGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Bank

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

20 October 2026

19 days left

Job description

Theatre Practitioner - Major Ortho Scrub (Bank) Exeter Hospital | Nursing | Bank | Ad Hoc | Up to £26.50 per hour depending on experience Nuffield Hea...

As a Theatre Practitioner Major Ortho Scrub, you will:

Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals

Enjoy a varied caseload with state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities

Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff

Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based

Interact well with colleagues on the ward, understanding that continuity in patient care is key

Deliver high-quality care to patients in the anaesthetic and recovery phases of surgery

Collaborate with anaesthetists and surgical teams to prepare and monitor patients pre, during, and post-surgery

Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development

Exeter Hospital | Nursing | Bank | Ad Hoc |

Up to £26.50 per hour depending on experience

Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.

As a registered Theatre Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, you'll have the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. You'll have post-registration experience in major orthopaedic scrub role, be an excellent communicator and team worker - flexible and motivated

As part of the wider hospital team you'll interact with colleagues on the ward because you understand that continuity in patient care is key. Like us, you're driven by quality. You don't like to make compromises and we won't ask you to. We'll make sure you have everything you need to do a job you're proud of.

As a Theatre Practitioner Major Ortho Scrub, you will:

  • Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals
  • Enjoy a varied caseload with state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities
  • Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff
  • Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based
  • Interact well with colleagues on the ward, understanding that continuity in patient care is key
  • Deliver high-quality care to patients in the anaesthetic and recovery phases of surgery
  • Collaborate with anaesthetists and surgical teams to prepare and monitor patients pre, during, and post-surgery
  • Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month.

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.

The Exeter Nuffield hospital is based next to the RD&E hospital in Wonford, Exeter. The hospital has 2 theatres, as well as a hybrid cardiac catheter laboratory/theatre and an Endoscopy suite. There are two ward areas: an inpatient area with 21 beds and a day-case ward with 12 beds. We also have a busy outpatient department, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and radiology department including an MRI scanner. We specialise in elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery, cardiology including invasive procedures, general surgery, plastics and cosmetic surgery, ENT, and gynaecology. The Hospital has a MAKO robot that undertakes some of the joint replacement surgery which we have become well known for in this field of surgery.

Qualifications

Essential

  • As a registered Theatre Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, you'll have the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC.

Experience

Essential: - You'll have post-registration experience in major orthopaedic scrub role, be an excellent communicator and team worker - flexible and motivated.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

22 September 2026

Last checked

24 September 2026

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