Bank Theatre Practitioner RN/ODP

NHS; Poole; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Poole is seeking a Bank Theatre Practitioner (RN/ODP) to join their expanding theatre department. You will support various specialties and work alongside a multidisciplinary team focused on quality and development. Candidates must be NMC or HCPC registered and have experience in patient care. This role offers a friendly working environment with extensive educational opportunities and chances for professional growth. Ideal for motivated individuals looking to make a difference in a supportive team.

Benefits

Extensive educational program

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with UK NMC/HCPC registration.
• Experience working within UK guidance and acute care.
• Awareness of AFPP Standards for safe peri-operative practice.

Responsibilities

• Serve in a range of specialties including obstetric and anaesthetics.
• Support and learn from senior staff in a multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct appraisals and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Effective communication

Basic IT literacy

IV administration

Supervising junior staff

Education

NMC registered Nurse (Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing)

HCPC registered ODP (Dip (HE) Operating Department Practice)

Learning and Assessing in Practice qualification

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Theatre Practitioner RN/ODP

The closing date is 02 January 2026

Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner

Recovery Practitioner Obstetric Theatre

We are working closely to develop an expanded service for the Dorset community and wider areas with a view to cross‑site working.

At this exciting time, are you what we are looking for?

With the management team in place and focus on quality, transformation, and service development, we are increasing our operating theatre suite and are looking for motivated people to join our expanding theatre department across sites delivering a 24‑hour service.

Within the department we offer great opportunities with an extensive educational programme, including the development of Surgical First Assistants (SFA), Anaesthetic Practitioners, Airway Management, Assistant Theatre Practitioners, Nurse Associates, and leadership and management development, to name but a few.

We pride ourselves on our friendly working environment and our desire to lead on best practice in the operating theatre setting. If you have the knowledge, skills, experience and drive that we are looking for to join our friendly and supportive team, then UHD Poole Site Recovery in main theatres is the place for you.

Main duties of the job

We offer a range of specialities – Obstetric, head and neck, gynaecology, general and colorectal, trauma and orthopaedics and anaesthetics – and you will become a valued member of a core team. We encourage dual or multi‑skilled practitioners; however full training will be given and we welcome newly qualified staff. Your peers, senior staff and the rest of the multidisciplinary team will support you to learn new skills and to expand your practice.

You will be a:

• Registered Nurse or a Registered Operating Department Practitioner
• Hold a current UK NMC/HCPC registration

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBA

To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future, shaping how we treat our patients, visitors, colleagues and team‑mates.

UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualification

• NMC registered Nurse (Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing)
• HCPC registered ODP (Dip (HE) Operating Department Practice)
• Learning and Assessing in Practice (or equivalent teaching/mentoring qualification)
• Patient Care in Anaesthesia (or equivalent anaesthetic CPD module)
• Patient Care in Surgery (or equivalent surgical CPD module)

Experience

• Experience of working within UK guidance, regulations and procedures
• Experience of caring for patients with acute and long‑term conditions
• Able to recognise the deteriorating patient
• Leadership Ability to work in Anaesthetics
• Leadership Ability to work in Scrub
• Leadership Ability to work in PACU

Technical skills and competencies

• Basic IT literacy
• Able to integrate and work within the MDT
• Effective communication using a variety of methods
• IV administration and administration of blood products
• Able to conduct appraisals
• Able to supervise junior staff effectively

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of basic operating department routine and surgical specialties undertaken
• Understanding of the surgical patient pathway through the hospital
• Conversant with WHO safety checklist
• Aware of AFPP Standards and Guidelines for safe peri‑operative practice

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust