Anaesthetic and Recovery Theatre Practitioner

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Coventry; Presencial; GBP 29.000 - 36.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

On-site nursery

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible working

Resumo da vaga

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an Anaesthetic and Recovery Theatre Practitioner for a fixed-term maternity cover of 9 months. The role involves supporting recovery across four departments and requires experience in anaesthetics and perioperative care.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality patient care and participate in out-of-hours rostering, including evenings and weekends.

Qualificações

• Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Operating Department Practitioner (NMC/HCPC)
• Minimum 12 months experience in anaesthetics & recovery
• Evidence of CPD
• Post-graduate qualification or working towards one
• Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge and patient confidentiality

Responsabilidades

• Maintain a safe and clean clinical environment in line with policies
• Deliver high standard of perioperative care
• Provide skilled clinical assistance to surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams
• Maintain timely and accurate patient documentation ensuring confidentiality
• Promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient care
• Lead a perioperative team to manage a group of patients during a shift
• Follow NMC/HCPC guidelines and Trust policies and disclose limitations
• Cover 24-hour shifts including earlies, lates, nights, weekends and bank holidays

Conhecimentos

Recovery Practitioner

Anaesthetic Practitioner

Formação

Nurse/ODP registration

Descrição da vaga

Anaesthetic and Recovery Theatre Practitioner

Anaesthetic and Recovery Theatre Practitioner

Fixed term for 9 months (Maternity Leave cover)

Closing Date: Thursday 19th November 2026

Interview Date: Monday 4th January 2027

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community - get in touch to find out more

The successful candidate will work alongside existing recovery practitioners across 4 departments, including general and emergency, orthopaedics, Gynae and day surgery and pain clinic to provide care to patients in the immediate post-operative phase.

Candidates will be expected to cover out of hours work, including evening and weekends.

Recovery experience essential, anaesthetic experience desirable.

Main duties of the job

• Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts 'policies and guidelines
• Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
• Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
• Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected
• Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.
• Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
• Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
• Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one's own abilities and limitations.
• To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients, and contribute to cost improvement programmes.
• Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management.
• Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations.
• Ensure that adequate skill mix is available to meet the needs of the patients. If deficits are unavoidable, contact the appropriate Senior Staff for support.
• Ensure that concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues are resolved where possible and reported to the Team Leader / Senior Team Leader.
• Deputise for the Team Leader as and when necessary.
• Have a positive attitude to continuing professional development to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective perioperative practice.
• Participate in Trust Appraisal System.
• Possess a clear understanding of Clinical Governance in relation to standards of care, support of colleagues and audit of given care.
• Participate in the utilisation, evaluation and conduct of audit and research.
• Contribute to and evaluate the implantation of new ideas and innovations within the Theatre areas.
• Promote a professional image by acting as a role model to others, provide and participate in clinical supervision. Act as a source of advice and support for other colleagues. Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of any Professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

• Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Operating Department Practitioner, (Diploma in Operating Department Practice/NVQ level3/C&G752) or Pending qualification with NMC, Registered General Nurse or HCPC , Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• Minimum of 12 months experience in Anaesthetics & Recovery
• Strong Organisational and Time Management skills
• Evidence of CPD
• Post Graduate Qualification
• Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge
• Have understanding of patient confidentiality

Experience and Knowledge

• Minimum of 12 months post registration within the Perioperative environment or Newly qualified RGN/RODP
• Evidence of research or clinical audit

Skills and Abilities

• Experienced Recovery Practitioner
• Experienced Anaesthetic Practitioner

Personal Qualities

• Positive working relationships
• Ability to motivate others
• Good health record
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines

Other

• A commitment to equal opportunities

Trust Values

• Excellence and safety in everything we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignityLocal health that inspires confidence

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.