Title: Theatre Practitioner
Locations: York Hospital
Country: United Kingdom
Country code: GB
Time type: Full time
Posting start date (Workday): 2026-09-16
Posting end date (Workday): 2026-10-14
Requisition ID: JR0101767

Description:
Theatre Nurse (RGN) / - Scrub
York Hospital | Scrub | Permanent | Full Time | Includes weekend work and on call
Up to £39,750 per annum depending on skills and experience
37.5 hours per week

Wherever you’re currently working, Nuffield Health is where you’ll excel. As the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you’re helping us offer the highest standards of care. It starts here. It starts with you.

As an experienced Scrub Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) at York Hospital, you will be registered with the appropriate professional governing body (NMC or HCPC) and possess the relevant qualifications, skills, and post-registration experience. You are passionate about delivering high standards of patient care, have exceptional attention to detail, and consistently demonstrate professionalism within the operating theatre environment. You are a motivated, flexible, and reliable team player who thrives in a fast-paced surgical setting and is committed to supporting excellent patient outcomes.

Current surgical specialities include:

• Orthopaedics
• General Surgery
• Gynaecology
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• ENT
• Urology
• Ophthalmology
• Pain Management
• Spinal Surgery
• Maxillofacial Surgery
• Breast Surgery

A Surgical First Assistant (SFA ) qualification is desirable but not essential. Candidates who do not currently hold this qualification may have the opportunity to undertake SFA training in partnership with De Montfort University.

As a Scrub Nurse or Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:

• Work with some of the best in the field
• Enjoy a varied caseload
• Put your communication skills to work
• Use state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities
• Supervise, support and develop junior members of the team
• Shape patient experiences that are always clinically effective, evidence based and appropriate

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free membership across all of our fitness clubs, to a range of lifestyle and financial wellbeing rewards. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Nuffield Health York Hospital.

Nuffield Health York Hospital opened in 2004 and we provide a comprehensive range of private healthcare services, our areas of specialty include cosmetic surgery, male and female health and spinal care and our facilities and high standards of care make Nuffield Health York Hospital, one of the leading providers of private healthcare in the area. We have also received a “Good” rating from the CQC.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.