Theatre Practitioner – Scrub Spinal
London, The Princess Grace Hospital
Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Monday to Saturday – earlies, long days, late shifts and on call
Permanent
Salary: Competitive plus shift allowance
We’re looking for a Theatre Practitioner – Scrub to join our Theatre team at The Princess Grace Hospital. This role is centred around spinal surgery, and we’re specifically looking for someone with strong, hands on spinal scrub experience who can confidently support complex procedures. Your expertise in spinal theatre practice will be central to the role, and you’ll be a key part of delivering safe, consistent care across these specialist cases.
The Princess Grace Hospital is one of London’s leading multidisciplinary private hospitals, with seven theatres across two floors, two recovery suites and a dedicated robotic surgery theatre. With a broad and complex caseload, spinal surgery forms an important and growing part of the service. You’ll be part of a team where your spinal experience is recognised and relied upon, while also having the opportunity to work across other specialties where needed.
Within this role, you’ll spend a significant proportion of your time supporting spinal lists. Your ability to prepare specialist instrumentation, anticipate the needs of surgeons and maintain a calm, organised theatre environment during complex procedures will be essential. Alongside your spinal focus, you’ll contribute to the wider theatre team, supporting across robotic, reconstructive, general, gynaecology, urology and orthopaedic cases as required.
At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
What you’ll do:
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Act as the lead scrub practitioner for spinal procedures, supporting both routine and complex cases
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Prepare and manage specialist spinal instrumentation, equipment and sterile fields
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Anticipate the needs of surgeons during spinal surgery and provide skilled, responsive support
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Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high quality patient care
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Maintain high standards of infection control, safety and clinical practice within theatres
What you’ll bring:
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Proven and recent scrub experience in spinal surgery is essential
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A minimum of two years’ experience working as a scrub practitioner in theatres
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Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner qualification with a valid NMC or HCPC registration
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Strong knowledge of perioperative practice and spinal instrumentation
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A team focused approach with confident communication skills
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 Theatre Practitioner – Scrub you’ll be eligible for:
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25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
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Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
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Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
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Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
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Group Life Assurance from day one
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Critical illness cover
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Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
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Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
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Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
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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:
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Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
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Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
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Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
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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.
