Lead Scrubs Practitioner - Neuro, Spine & General in London

Lead Theatre Practitioner – Scrubs in Neuro, Spine and General at London Bridge Hospital.

Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Sunday, earlies and lates. Permanent position with a competitive salary.

We’re looking for a Scrubs Lead Theatre Practitioner to join our theatres team at London Bridge Hospital, currently rated “Outstanding” by the CQC. As part of HCA Healthcare UK, the world's largest private healthcare group, you'll be working in an environment where investment in people, technology and innovation is at the heart of everything we do.

London Bridge Hospital is one of the UK's leading private hospitals, delivering complex and specialist care across a broad range of surgical specialties. With 10 operating theatres and a reputation for clinical excellence, you’ll work alongside highly experienced multidisciplinary teams while developing your leadership skills in a fast paced and rewarding environment.

As a Scrubs Lead Theatre Practitioner in Neuro, Spine and General Surgery, you’ll play an important role in supporting the delivery of safe, high quality surgical care across a varied caseload. You’ll work closely with surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre colleagues, helping to coordinate theatre activity while maintaining exceptional standards of patient care and safety.

This role offers exposure to complex Neuro and Spine procedures, General Surgery and our developing Robotic Surgery Programme, giving you the opportunity to broaden your expertise while working with advanced surgical technology. Through mentoring and coaching colleagues, you’ll help strengthen clinical practice across the department, support professional development and contribute to the ongoing success of our theatre services.

What you’ll do:

• Provide clinical leadership within the theatre environment, ensuring safe, effective and evidence based patient care.
• Support the coordination of Neuro, Spine, General and Robotic Surgery theatre activity to optimise patient flow and theatre utilisation.
• Mentor, coach and assess colleagues, supporting professional development and maintaining high clinical standards.
• Share specialist knowledge and champion best practice across the department, acting as a role model for the wider theatre team.
• Support the Theatre Manager and Theatre Coordinator with operational oversight, including specialist loan equipment processes when required.

What you’ll bring:

• Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner qualification.
• Current NMC or HCPC registration.
• Extensive Scrub Practitioner experience across Neuro, Spine and General surgery, with exposure to robotic surgery services.
• Strong leadership, communication and team development skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a fast paced and complex theatre environment.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities.

Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day.

As a Lead Theatre Practitioner you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness.
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity.

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.