Senior Theatre Practitioner for Orthopaedics

Job summary

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated senior orthopaedic practitioner. We are looking for an individual to help carry are 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.

About us

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