Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics

Transformationunitgm; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Salisbury is seeking an experienced Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics. The role demands professionalism and dedication to manage a varied caseload, supervising junior staff and delivering high-quality patient care. Candidates must have orthopaedic scrub experience and demonstrate leadership and communication skills. The position offers excellent professional development opportunities, alongside a supportive work environment and a range of attractive benefits including generous holidays and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays

Access to NHS discounts

Generous pension scheme

On-site benefits like car parking and leisure centre

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a diverse caseload using technology.
• Ability to supervise and develop junior team members.
• Evidence of leadership and coaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care and evidence-based practices.
• Support senior colleagues and engage effectively with team members.
• Teach and mentor students as needed.

Skills

Orthopaedic scrub experience

Excellent communication skills

Team working

Leadership skills

Education

Professional registration (NMC/HCPC)

3 years orthopaedic experience

Job description

Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Town Salisbury Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 06/01/2026 23:59

Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics

Band 6

Job overview

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated senior orthopaedic practitioner. We are looking for an individual to help carry our service forward along with the current staff. We currently have 15 Consultants and run a 24/7 trauma service with elective theatres running alongside these theatres, encompassing elective and Trauma, upper, lower limb, and spines. We offer personal and professional development within our friendly team. If you have orthopaedic scrub experience and feel this is the job for you, please apply.

Main duties of the job

The role is demanding, and the right candidate will demonstrate the required professionalism and dedication to mange the combined requirements of the vacancy.

• Work on varied caseload using technology and equipment.
• Supervise, develop junior members of the team.
• Be a role model to junior staff.
• Deliver high quality care and experiences for patients which will be evidence based.
• Experience in completing audits.
• Excellent communication skills and great team worker, flexible and motivated.
• Able to engage with colleagues at all levels.
• Teaching students
• Support senior colleagues.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre, and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We believe working here is rewarding, you can access a range of NHS discounts, we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Competance Based

• 3 years orthopaedic experience
• Professional registration
• Coaching experience
• Evidence in leadership skills
• Experience in clinical audit

Professional registration

• NMC/HCPC

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. Take a look at our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for more detailed information https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/media/2lfatov2/employee-value-proposition-document-v12-final.pdf These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £16 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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