Job summary
- Main area
- Orthopaedic Theatre Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: full time or part times
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (07:30-19:30 including Saturdays)
- Job ref
- 151-ZT009
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Heatherwood Hospital
- Town
- Ascot
- Salary
- £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
Join us as we face the future with Frimley Health Foundation Trust in our new purpose built elective Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire.
We have a band 6 post available at Heatherwood Hospital in our elective Orthopaedic theatres. This is the ideal opportunity for you, if you are an experienced and skilled Orthopaedic Theatre Scrub Nurse or ODP in elective surgery. You will be part of an exciting initiative for Frimley Health NHS Trust and our users.
We offer the successful candidates full hospital induction and are committed to personal and professional development with the support of our dedicated practice development team. We will develop and encourage your career in clinical leadership and support you to undertake post registration courses.
Main duties of the job
We have a vacancy for a band 6 practitioner. The department is looking for an enthusiastic band 6 Theatre Practitioner with Orthopaedic experience to join our team as we transition into our new hospital with state of the art facilities focusing on the delivery of outstanding patient experience and care.
You will be expected to use your excellent clinical skills supported through evidenced based knowledge and to actively contribute to service development, identifying opportunities across the perioperative pathway.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work according to the NMC Code of Conduct (2008)/ HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008)/HCPC Standards of Proficiency for ODP’s (2008). Trust policies and professional guidelines
- To be responsible and accountable for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision for a defined group of patients
- To lead and monitor the performance and standards of care within the theatre team
- In conjunction with the Band 7 team leaders, facilitate the development of the service and personal development of all staff within the clinical area of responsibility
- To deputise for the Band 7 team leaders in their absence, attending appropriate meetings, maintaining an organised and structured workforce
- To lead the day to day operational requirements of the Orthopaedic theatre team ensuring efficient use of theatre utilisation whilst maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC / HCPC registration
- Diploma (HE) Operating Department Practice (or NVQ equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Course
- Nursing/ Perioperative degree or working towards a degree
- Recognised post registration teaching certificate/ Diploma
- Diploma (HE) Operating Department Practice (or NVQ equivalent)
- City & Guilds 730 FAETC ENB 998 or A1 or D32/33 or Cert of Ed.
- Formal mentorship / assessment qualification e.g. completion of the Trust associate mentorship programme.
- Supervision of Learning in the Clinical Environment (SLICE)
- Academically accredited post registration qualification in Theatre/Perioperative Practice or relevant experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills (verbal & written)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to adapt to change within working situations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Own continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Ability to practice within more than one role of peri-operative practice
- Relevant clinical experience in theatres
- Awareness of current professional peri-operative practice issues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Harrison
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 614 4147
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