Band 5 - Theatre Practitioner, Theatres - Scrub SACH

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Band 5 - Theatre Practitioner, Theatres - Scrub SACH

Band 5

Main area Theatres - Scrub Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 360-B-11691

Department name West Herts - General Staffing Site St Albans City Hospital Town St Albans Salary £33,677 - £40,996 pa inc. HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 23/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

Here at St. Albans City Hospital (SACH) Theatres we are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic theatre practitioners to join our friendly, professional multi-disciplinary team. We offer rotational opportunities for staff in order for them to develop and/or maintain their skills.

We welcome both Registered Nurses and ODPs alike.

Applicants will need to possess good interpersonal skills in order to work effectively within the existing theatre teams whilst also having the ability to work under their own initiative.

Our values are as important to our workforce as they are to our patients and we are Empowered, Committed, Professional and Inclusive in relation to our patient care and multidisciplinary workforce.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for the management and organisation of the operative list and clinical care.

Be responsible for the efficient communication of changes within the operating department to all members of the multidisciplinary theatre team.

Undertake the safe and efficient transfer of patients to other hospitals.

Demonstrate clear leadership qualities in order to perform day to day managerial tasks, including allocation of staff etc.

Theatres requires a quick thinker, fast responder who has good organisation skills.

We are looking for a team player who likes a challenge and can respond in an emergency situation.

Working for our organisation

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

SACH is the Surgical Centre for elective surgery and comprises of 8 theatres with the main specialities including Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, General, Urology, Gynaecology, ENT, Pain and Breast surgery.

You will be fully supported upon joining WHTH and each new starter will be assigned a buddy to support them through a structured induction package.

This includes a customised supernumerary period for all new starters which allows you to work and learn alongside experienced practitioners who will support you.

There is a multitude of learning, training and development opportunities within WHTH. Supporting your continuous professional development is important to us.

Whether you are a Theatre Support Worker looking to develop a career into nursing within theatres or as an ODP or into senior management we will support where possible or advise of, a training and development pathway for you.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• First level registration with the NMC
• ODP registration
• Evidence of professional development
• Degree

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of relevant political and professional issues in health care
• Understanding of the theatre department
• Knowledge of developing care pathways

Experience

• Theatre experience as part of training or rotation on a programme
• Commitment to clinical effectiveness and evidence based care

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0HB
Telephone 01442 365234