Healthcare Management Trust
Senior Scrub Practitioner/Surgical First Assistant
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Position title
Senior Scrub Practitioner/Surgical First Assistant
Description
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and highly skilled Senior Scrub Practitioner/Surgical First Assistant to join our dynamic Theatre team.
The post is for 25 hours per week.
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered healthcare professional with extensive perioperative experience to provide clinical leadership while delivering outstanding patient care across a wide range of surgical specialties.
As a senior member of the Theatre team, you will play a key role in the day-to-day management of theatre services, supporting the Theatre Manager and Deputy Theatre Manager in maintaining high standards of clinical practice, patient safety and operational efficiency.
You will be expected to lead by example, supporting the development of colleagues, driving quality improvement initiatives and ensuring compliance with national standards and local policies.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Scrub Practitioner/Surgical First Assistant, You Will
- Participate in the theatre on-call rota.
- Provide visible clinical leadership within the operating theatre.
- Manage the day-to-day running of theatre sessions, ensuring safe and effective patient care.
- Scrub across a wide range of specialties, including complex surgical procedures.
- Work as a qualified Surgical First Assistant under the direction of the operating surgeon.
- Support theatre efficiency through effective staffing, stock management and equipment coordination.
- Lead, mentor and develop junior staff, students and new team members.
- Participate in audit, quality improvement and service development projects.
- Promote evidence-based practice and implement national guidance including NICE and AfPP recommendations.
- Maintain accurate patient documentation and ensure compliance with theatre safety standards.
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About Us
At the Healthcare Management Trust, we are obsessed with achieving our Vision, to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services. Our Purpose is, to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome.
We aim to provide services which value collaboration and place our residents, patients and people at the heart of all we do. We will always do the right thing for our residents, patients and people. We will be outwardly connected to the most innovative practices and service offerings in the market. We will do things differently and will be bold with our ambition to change things for the better.
We are passionate about what we do and so are our people. Bringing their most authentic selves to work and seeking joy and fun in what we do. We will deliver care and clinical interactions compassionately and tailor them to individual needs.
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Our Benefits Include
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employer pension contribution
- Wellbeing support via our Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health provision and Mental Health First Aiders
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral scheme
- Continuous learning
- Career progression
- Flexible working options
- 27 Days Annual Leave (Plus Bank holidays)
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
Job Description
Hiring organization
Employment Type
Part-time
Industry
Healthcare
Job Location
Peaks Lane, Grimsby, DN32 9RP, United Kingdom
Working Hours
25
Base Salary
£29185 actual (£43777.50 full time)
Date posted
June 29, 2026
Valid through
July 12, 2026
Position: Senior Scrub Practitioner/Surgical First Assistant
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