Advanced Theatre Practitioner | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Advanced Theatre Practitioner - Scrub

Vacancies in ENT/Max Fax and Orthopeadics

Band 6 (37.5 hours per week)

Croydon University Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic ,caring and motivated individual to join the Theatre team as a Theatre Practitioner.

We are looking for experienced scrub practitioner in ENT/Max fax and orthopaedics.

Demonstrate a commitment to developing yourself and support the various teams. You will act as a role model for others, promoting best practice and delivery of high quality , patient centred care.

Working in Theatre ,you will be rotated through the different specialties , including Emergency ,Trauma Orthopaedic, to ensure excellent patient care is maintained throughout the patient's pathway.Recovery staff will be working in elective,emergency and external areas such as IR, Endoscopy etc.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organization where everyone of our 3600 member staff are valued . We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.

Interviews: 8th July 2026

The successful candidate will be part of the clinical team who ensure that clinical care of patients, and others using the services receive an efficient and quality service.
• prepare the clinical areas (theatre) to receive patient for surgical procedures .
• Provide scrub assistance to surgeon during surgical procedure.
• Assist in patient positioning
• Ensure all documentation on IT system is accurately imputed into the system accordance with Trust and departmental policy and procedures .
• Uniform code
• Maintaining a clean working environment .
• Mentoring and assessing juniors
• In charge of daily theatre list
• PDR of juniors
• teaching and supervising

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jun 2026