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Benenden Hospital

Senior Theatre Practitioner

The closing date is 02 February 2026

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Job summary

Join our team and help deliver exceptional surgical care!

Are you passionate about delivering outstanding perioperative care and creating the best possible experience for every patient? Were looking for a skilled and motivated TheatrePractitioner to join our theatres team and play a key role in delivering safe, efficient and compassionate care throughout the surgical journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in a fastpaced environment where teamwork, clinical excellence and patientcentred practice are at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

In this varied and rewarding role, you will:

  • Plan, prepare and facilitate theatre lists, ensuring smooth and safe running of the department
  • Deliver highquality perioperative care, acting as the patients advocate and protecting their dignity at all times
  • Accurately enter and maintain patient information on IT systems
  • Ensure all perioperative areas are safe, fit for purpose and well maintained
  • Maintain safe custody of medications and controlled drugs
  • Work in line with hospital policies, contributing to quality improvement and evidencebased practice
  • Record and manage data accurately in line with hospital procedures
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver a truly patientfocused approach
  • Lead theatre lists and provide managerial accountability when required, under the supervision of the Theatre Manager
  • Support and supervise junior staff, helping develop skills and confidence within the team
  • Contribute to costeffective service delivery through careful use of equipment and consumables
  • Participate in audits and produce supporting documentation
  • Carry out all duties professionally, including mandatory surgical checks before, during and after procedures

About us

At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to our ultra-modernprivate hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC.We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have a beautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.

Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions and facilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance. We are committed to professional development and have excellent training and education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone at Benenden Hospital feels involved and shares our values and vision for the future.

Details

Date posted

16 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£36,591 to £44,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0100-2662

Job locations

Goddard’s Green Road

Benenden

Cranbrook

Kent

TN17 4AX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose Plan and implement high standards of perioperative care, following hospital guidelines and protocols, promoting a patient-focused approach to care.

The post holder will:

Where necessary plan and appropriately prepare and facilitate theatre lists.

Accurately enter patient information on IT systems.

Ensure patient care areas are safe, fit for purpose and effectively maintained.

Maintain the safe custody of medications and controlled drugs.

Key Result Areas

Deliver safe quality care for patients during their peri-operative phase of care.

Act as the patients advocate, maintaining their dignity at all times.

Carry out duties according to policies and procedures, contributing to quality improvement, and promoting best evidence-based practice

Ensuring that data is correctly recorded in accordance with the current Hospital policy and procedure.

Promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant healthcare professionals.

Take the lead in the running of theatre lists

Provide managerial accountability in the absence of a clinical lead under the supervision of the Theatre Manager

Plan and implement care of patients within the department.

In addition to clinical duties, the direct supervision and training of junior staff will be your responsibility in order to ensure the provision of a high quality and cost-effective service to patients and users

Contribute to budgetary management by exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment and consumables

To contribute to audit within the Theatres and the compilation of supporting written documentation.

Undertake all activities in a professional and proficient manner, including mandatory surgical checks prior to the start of the procedure, during and pre wound closure

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose Plan and implement high standards of perioperative care, following hospital guidelines and protocols, promoting a patient-focused approach to care.

The post holder will:

Where necessary plan and appropriately prepare and facilitate theatre lists.

Accurately enter patient information on IT systems.

Ensure patient care areas are safe, fit for purpose and effectively maintained.

Maintain the safe custody of medications and controlled drugs.

Key Result Areas

Deliver safe quality care for patients during their peri-operative phase of care.

Act as the patients advocate, maintaining their dignity at all times.

Carry out duties according to policies and procedures, contributing to quality improvement, and promoting best evidence-based practice

Ensuring that data is correctly recorded in accordance with the current Hospital policy and procedure.

Promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant healthcare professionals.

Take the lead in the running of theatre lists

Provide managerial accountability in the absence of a clinical lead under the supervision of the Theatre Manager

Plan and implement care of patients within the department.

In addition to clinical duties, the direct supervision and training of junior staff will be your responsibility in order to ensure the provision of a high quality and cost-effective service to patients and users

Contribute to budgetary management by exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment and consumables

To contribute to audit within the Theatres and the compilation of supporting written documentation.

Undertake all activities in a professional and proficient manner, including mandatory surgical checks prior to the start of the procedure, during and pre wound closure

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • First level Registered Nurse/HCPC registered ODP.
  • SFA qualification would be preferable but not essential.
  • Post registration education in a relevant speciality, Degree in Healthcare or 5+ years equivalent experience
  • Expert Scrub nurse with post qualification scrub experience in a range of surgical specialties.
  • Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills to build and support team working in a positive and challenging culture
  • Strong patient-centred approach
  • Basic computer skills e.g. MS Outlook and web-based reporting systems.
  • Foster a culture of professionalism and a positive working team environment
  • Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics in the workplace
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • First level Registered Nurse/HCPC registered ODP.
  • SFA qualification would be preferable but not essential.
  • Post registration education in a relevant speciality, Degree in Healthcare or 5+ years equivalent experience
  • Expert Scrub nurse with post qualification scrub experience in a range of surgical specialties.
  • Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills to build and support team working in a positive and challenging culture
  • Strong patient-centred approach
  • Basic computer skills e.g. MS Outlook and web-based reporting systems.
  • Foster a culture of professionalism and a positive working team environment
  • Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics in the workplace

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Benenden Hospital

Address

Goddard’s Green Road

Benenden

Cranbrook

Kent

TN17 4AX


Employer's website

https://www.benendenhospital.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Benenden Hospital

Address

Goddard’s Green Road

Benenden

Cranbrook

Kent

TN17 4AX


Employer's website

https://www.benendenhospital.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment team

KentCareers@benenden.org.uk

01580857472

Details

Date posted

16 January 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£36,591 to £44,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0100-2662

Job locations

Goddard’s Green Road

Benenden

Cranbrook

Kent

TN17 4AX


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