Senior Scrub Theatre Practitioner (SFA Qualified)
Cambridge Hospital Nursing Permanent Contract Full Time
Competitive salary dependent on experience
Nuffield Health is Britains largest healthcare charity and we are committed to delivering outstanding clinical care. We are seeking a highly experiencedSenior Scrub Theatre Practitionerto provide clinical leadership within our Theatre Department at Cambridge Hospital.
This is a senior role requiring advanced clinical expertise strong leadership capability and the ability to influence service development standards of practice and team performance while delivering excellent perioperative care.
The Role
As a Senior Scrub Theatre Practitioner you will act as a senior clinical resource within the Operating Theatre leading by example and supporting the safe efficient and effective delivery of surgical services.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing advanced clinical and technical expertise as a Senior Scrub Practitioner scrubbing and assisting across a broad range of surgical specialties
Acting as a Surgical First Assistant (SFA)where required in line with accreditation
Providing day-to-day clinical leadership within theatres supporting junior staff and maintaining high professional standards
Supporting theatre efficiency including workforce planning labour management and cost control against KPIs
Working closely with Consultants to optimise theatre utilisation and patient flow
Actively contributing to Clinical Governance risk management and audit activity
Supporting staff performance management development and competency assessment
Promoting best practice service improvement and a culture of continuous quality improvement
About You
You will have:
Registration with NMC or HCPC
Accreditation as a Surgical First Assistant (SFA) Level 1 or Level 2
A minimum of 2 years experience in a senior theatre role
Proven leadership and team management experience within a theatre environment
Strong communication decision-making and influencing skills
The ability to work autonomously while contributing to wider departmental objectives
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital
Our state-of-the-art hospital is central Cambridges premium private hospital boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offer a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery) Neurosurgery Cardiology as well as specialist Paediatric services.
Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state of the art digital theatres 32 beds Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite Surgical Day PODs private consultation rooms close monitoring units Chemotherapy suite on-site registered pharmacy Diagnostic scanning unit and a Pathology laboratory
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work feeling healthy happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here you can choose from a range of fitness lifestyle health and fitness wellbeing rewards such as free gym membership health assessments retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of whats important to you.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
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