Senior Theatre Practitioner
Nuffield HealthNewcastle upon Tyne, North East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Nuffield Health based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The advertised salary is Negotiable. Applications close on 16 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Senior Theatre Practitioner (OPD) Newcastle Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time | Includes weekend work Up to £41,000 per annum depending on ex...
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:
Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.
Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures)
Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.
Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.
Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.
Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.
Senior Theatre Practitioner (OPD)
Newcastle Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time | Includes weekend work
Up to £41,000 per annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Wherever you're currently working, Nuffield Health is where you'll excel. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you're helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our Newcastle Hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:
- Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.
- Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures)
- Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.
- Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.
- Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.
- Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've 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 what's important to you.
Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital
Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit. We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
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It starts with you.
Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital
Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit. We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.
Essential: - As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our Newcastle Hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail.
Essential: - You will need Post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.
How this role compares
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 652 of them in North East.
You have 26 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is about the usual amount of time.
Nuffield Health has 146 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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