George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Theatres Team Leader - Orthopaedic Scrub & Recovery
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Theatre Team Leader – Orthopaedic Scrub & Recovery Practitioner
37.5 hours per week (Unsocial hours including weekends and occasional nights)
Permanent
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Closing Date: Friday 31st July 2026
Interview Date: Monday 17th August 2026
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George Eliot Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an Experienced Theatre Scrub Practitioner for our Orthopaedic Theatre. The successful applicant will have experience in supporting the Senior Theatre Team Leader with the co-ordination of the Orthopaedic Theatre lists. Have detailed knowledge of instrumentation and equipment which allows the applicant to scrub/circulate for surgical procedures in this Theatre and other specialities.
Responsibilities:
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- To support the Senior Team Leaders/Theatre Manager to manage a team of practitioners ensuring the development and maintenance of high standards of Perioperative care.
- To take responsibility for the day-to-day operational and resource management of the clinical area.
- To take the lead for specific areas of professional practice as delegated by the Senior Team Leaders.
- Acts as a leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified staff, unqualified staff and student nurses/ODP’s in the perioperative team.
- To take responsibility for operational and financial resource management, as delegated by Senior Team Leaders / Theatre Manager.
- To deputise for the Senior Team Leaders in their absence.
In conjunction with the Professional Development Team, (Theatres), assist with the training & development programmes for the following group of staff:
- Preceptorship of Newly Qualified Practitioners,
- Training & Development programmes Registered Practitioners
- Return to Practice staff
- Mentorship of Nursing/ODP students
- Mentorship/Training & Development programmes Support Worker
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to patients in the perioperative environment.
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Our Vision:
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are.
Effective Open Communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:
- On-site nursery
- 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible working
- Extensive in-house course learning directory
- Buying and selling of annual leave
- Subsidised restaurant
- Tranquillity garden
- Generous subsidised on-site parking.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Paula Quinn
Job title: Theatre Manager
Email address: paula.quinn@geh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02476 865242
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