Lead Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetics/Recovery

Overview

In this role you lead the perioperative care team to deliver safe, patient-centred theatre services. You act as a specialist/functional lead, upholding safety standards and guiding colleagues through complex or high-risk situations. You’ll mentor staff, support competency development, and drive professional and service improvements in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The position offers impact across the theatre pathway within Circle Health Group’s private healthcare network, with a focus on clinical governance and patient safety.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies with enhanced pay
• Non-contributory life insurance

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of high-quality perioperative care across the pathway
• Ensure adherence to patient safety checks and WHO surgical safety processes
• Demonstrate best practice and lead in complex/high-risk situations
• Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision for theatre practitioners and support staff
• Support development and assessment of team competencies and CPD
• Mentor and coach junior staff and students/newly qualified team members

Key requirements

• NMC or HCPC registered practitioner with significant theatre experience (scrub, recovery, or anaesthetics)
• Demonstrated clinical leadership experience and ability to act as a role model
• Strong understanding of patient safety protocols, safeguarding, infection control, and clinical governance
• Scrub Practitioner or Surgical First Assistant qualification (for scrub leads)
• ENB 998 and/or mentorship course
• Approved/recognised anaesthetic course
• ILS
• Excellent communication, organisation, and mentoring skills
• Commitment to personal development and developing others
• Specialist training in a defined clinical area (e.g. orthopaedics, robotics, cardiac, major surgery)
• Experience in leading audits, service improvement projects, or clinical teaching
• Experience in independent healthcare sector or multidisciplinary surgical teams
• Familiarity with theatre scheduling systems and electronic patient records

• leadership
• mentoring
• communication
• theatre leadership
• clinical governance
• infection control

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