Theatre Practitioner | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; Sur place; AUD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for Theatre Practitioners at the Aintree site to join the Head & Neck centre. You will work across Main A/B/C theatres and the Elective Care Centre, delivering high standards of perioperative care and assisting with complex head and neck procedures.

Experience in operating theatres and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team is essential; training and on-call opportunities are provided within a 24/7 emergency trauma

Qualifications

• Experience in theatre perioperative care and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work across multiple theatres and support 24/7 emergency trauma cover.

Responsabilités

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient care needs.
• Plan, implement and evaluate care within changing healthcare needs.
• Supervise and support team members.
• Maintain accurate patient records and theatre documentation.
• Engage multidisciplinary teams and patients/families in care planning.

Connaissances

Theatre procedures

Team collaboration

Emergency response

Formation

Operating Department Practitioner qualification

Outils

Surgical instruments

Description du poste

Theatre Practitioner | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced Head & Neck Theatre Practitioner looking for a new challenge? Are you a newly qualified practitioner looking to develop and enhance your skills in the specialty of Head & Neck? Do you enjoy the challenges of working in a dynamic patient care environment?

Liverpool University Hospitals - Aintree site are looking to recruit full and part time Operating Department Practitioners and Registered Nurses who wish to develop their skills within the specialty of Head & Neck surgery. You will have drive and enthusiasm to become part of one of Europes biggest Head & Neck Centres which combines internationally recognised clinical, research and surgery strengths to deliver research-led improvements in the quality and safety of patient care.

Main duties of this post is for the area of Main B Theatres/Head & Neck Centre, although the Aintree site has 20 operating theatres across four departments which cover a wide variety of surgical specialties. The Trust is part of the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre (LHNC), Major Trauma Centre Collaborative (MTCC), a partnership between Liverpool University Hospitals and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and is the regional Major Trauma Centre for the North West, providing the full range of services and clinical expertise.

The post holders will need to be able to work as part of the multidisciplinary team helping to provide patients with the highest level of care as well as being able to work as an individual practitioner during their daily practice. As a single site major Trauma Centre for the North West we provide a 24/7 emergency service and staff will be required to participate in this cover when needed and upon reaching a level of competancy, to join the 'On Call' allocation which provides 24/7 emergency trauma surgery cover.

The departments include:

Main A theatre

• Major Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Emergency theatre

Main B Theatre:

• Routine and oncology ENT
• Routine, oncology and trauma MFU

Main C Theatre

• Upper and lower GI
• Hepatobiliary surgery

Elective Care Centre Theatres:

• Digestive Diseases
• Ophthalmology

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.

Perform comprehensive assessment of patient care needs.

Plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs.

Supervise and support team members.

Collect, collate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records and theatre documentation.

Involve multidisciplinary team and where possible patients, carers /relatives in the planning and delivery of care.

Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team and patients carers/relatives.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

Seek/act on advice from team leader/speciality leader, or relevant other.

Where the Practitioner holds a degree level operating department

qualification, they will provide a high standard of individualised care of the patient and demonstrate knowledgeable advanced clinical competence, beyond those associated with conventional Theatre roles. They will perform duties associated with that of a Surgical Assistant. This will be achieved whilst practicing within the parameters set by professional / Local Trust policies and guidelines. Further training in practice is compulsory, to develop from assisting for superficial elective cases to potentially all surgeries. This training will be supported by preceptorship with a comprehensive assessment process.

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust