CHEC
Lead Theatre Practitioner
Requirements
Candidates should be registered practitioners with considerable experience in a scrub role, ideally in ophthalmics. Previous management experience and a passion for patient safety and care are essential.
Job Description
Location: Loughborough
Contract Type: Permanent
This is a full-time role for 37.5 hours a week. You will be required to cover variable days and weekends to meet business needs.
Tier 2 visa sponsorship available.
We are always looking for great talent to join our team and help achieve our ambitious goals and growth. We care about our people, and we care about the future of eye health and how CHEC can play an innovative part in making this great, with your help.
Are you already a Theatre Lead or someone who is looking for advancement into a Lead role who wants to continue helping people but need a better work life balance? If yes, then CHEC is your employer of choice! We have an exciting opportunity for a Theatre Lead to join us on a permanent basis as we continue to expand.
About The Role
The role will be leading the theatre department team and ensuring the day-to-day operation reflects the highest standard of governance, clinical effectiveness, and standards of care.
You will be an experienced Theatre Practitioner or have had experience as a Lead or Senior Theatre Practitioner, using your advanced knowledge and experience to guide and support your team whilst actively being involved in the delivery of patient care.
You will be responsible for the logistical and procedural processes within the team, ensuring policy and governance is strictly adhered to whilst maintaining the smooth operation of the team.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Can
- Be a visible leader for the hospital team, clinical & administration, encouraging development and motivation within the team
- Oversee and undertake scrub procedures in ophthalmic cases, supporting the theatre team as a senior Theatre Lead and ensuring safe patient care
- Support the Hospital Manager working with the Facilities & Estates team to ensure all equipment is fit for purpose and use
- Support and coach a diverse team to succeed in their goals and maintain wellbeing
- Lead your teams in CQC readiness, improvement plans, and provide advice when required
- Adhere to good record keeping, drug administration in line with guidelines, ensuring you have an audit processes and action plans in place to monitor the effectiveness
- Adhere to Information Governance rules on data protection
- Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
- Considerable experience working within a scrub role – ideally Ophthalmic
- Passion for high quality patient safety and care
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Previous management or team leader experience
- Teaching or coaching experience
- Previous theatre experience is required. Ophthalmic scrub experience is preferred but not essential as full training is available for suitably qualified RGNs / ODP’s with at least 2 years post qualification clinical experience in a secondary care setting or similar.
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell annual leave scheme
- Refer a friend scheme
- Company pension
- Company sick pay scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Bluelight Card- 100’s of discount and cashback options
- Performance review with a training and development plan
- Employee discounts portal
- Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tech scheme
- MediCash - Health cash plan
Education
Skills
About CHEC
CHEC is one of the UK’s leading providers of efficient, community-based healthcare, working in partnership with the NHS for over a decade. With over 30 hospitals and 90 community sites across England, we make specialist Ophthalmology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, and ENT services more accessible in local communities. We offer patients greater choice, flexibility, and reduced waiting times, with an average referral to treatment time of less than four weeks NHS Ophthalmic treatments provided: • Cataract surgery • Eyelid surgery • YAG laser • Medical retina • Glaucoma management • Ocular hypertension monitoring • All non-specific general ophthalmology conditions NHS Gastroenterology treatments provided: • Consultant triage • Colonoscopy • Gastroenterology outpatient assessment • Gastroscopy • Flexi- sigmoidoscopy • Upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) • Therapeutic treatments including simple biopsies, polyp removal (1cm max), haemorrhoid removal Locations To meet the growing demands of our patients and partners, we are consistently rolling out new hospitals throughout the country. Put simply, we want to ensure that we can provide as many patients as possible with the convenience of local care, along with short waiting times of 1-4 weeks. Please visit our website www.chec.uk for more information, or email engagagement@chec.uk.