Theatre Team Lead - Orthopaedics; Practice Educator

Position: Theatre Team Lead - Orthopaedics (Practice Educator)
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Theatre Team Lead – Orthopaedics (Practice Educator)

37.5 hours per week | Woodland Hospital, Kettering

Join us as a Theatre Team Lead – Orthopaedics, where you’ll play a key role in delivering outstanding clinical outcomes within an environment that truly offers ‘more time to care’.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Orthopaedic Scrub Practitioner with a strong passion for mentorship, education, and team development. As a Theatre Team Lead with a Practice Educator focus, you will be instrumental in supporting, guiding, and developing our theatre scrub team to achieve excellence in patient care.

Previous experience in a Practice Educator or mentorship role would be highly advantageous. We are looking for someone with the confidence, drive, and vision to positively influence practice, support change, and help others reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver exceptional standards of clinical care to surgical patients

Lead and support the Orthopaedic scrub team, acting as a role model for best practice

Provide mentorship, coaching, and educational support to staff at all levels

Contribute to a safe, supportive learning environment in line with Speaking Up for Safety principles

Support service development and continuous quality improvement

Work across a stimulating and varied Orthopaedic case mix

Where you’ll be based

Woodland Hospital is one of Northamptonshire’s leading private hospitals, located in Kettering. The hospital has 28 single rooms, all with en suite facilities, a 10‑bed short stay unit, and an inpatient ward supporting a wide range of surgical activity. Woodland Hospital is equipped with four laminar flow theatres, providing an ultra‑clean environment that is particularly suited to complex orthopaedic procedures. Services include arthroscopy, hip and knee replacements, hip resurfacing, and spinal surgery, supported by a surgical extended care unit.

What you’ll bring with you:

Current medical and/or surgical experience within a hospital environment

Current registration with the HCPC or NMC (UK) and ongoing CDP

Comprehensive understanding of relevant clinical standards in a surgical environment

The ability to work in other Clinical departments as required

Excellent communication skills both written and oral

Excellent customer care skill

A good standard of computer literacy

The ability to work within a team

The ability to time-manage

Flexible during periods of low activity and work extra hours where required

Why join us?

At Ramsay Health Care UK, our people are at the heart of our success. Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, because we’re people caring for people:

Health, Wellbeing & Financial Security

Private Medical Cover, with the option to add your partner and dependants

Discounted Bupa Dental Insurance

Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 your base salary

Private Pension, with Ramsay matching up to 5% after a qualifying period

Employee Assistance Programme

Work–Life Balance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days

Flexible shift patterns, where possible

Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave

Volunteer leave to support causes that matter to you

Career Development & Recognition

Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy to support your career development

Colleague recognition programme to celebrate our people

Lifestyle & Everyday Perks

Access to our benefits platform, offering a wide range of discounts

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Work scheme

Subsidised staff restaurant, where possible

Free parking on site, where possible

About us

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset…