post anaesthetic care practitioner

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks an experienced Senior Post Anaesthetic Care Practitioner to join their dedicated team. Responsibilities include providing skilled care, coordinating recovery operations, and supporting education in a busy environment. Applicants should be Registered Nurses with relevant qualifications and mentorship experience. This full-time role demands flexibility with shifts, ensuring a high standard of patient care across various disciplines. The Trust supports diversity and aims to reflect the communities it serves.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Commitment to equal opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Qualification relevant to specialist area or equivalent.
• Mentorship or Teaching and Assessing course accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and evaluate all aspects of patient care post-surgery.
• Co-ordinate and support recovery area operations.
• Engage with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Mentorship skills

Team coordination

Clinical assessment

Education

Diploma/Degree in Specialized Theatre Practice

Mentorship course

Job description

Job Overview

Our site currently has 18 operating theatres covering all major specialities, including Urology, Breast and Endocrine, Renal Transplant, Upper GI, Colorectal, HPB Surgery, Liver, Ophthalmology and interventional radiology to name a few, and we are excited to welcome an experienced senior post anaesthetic care practitioner to our team.

You will be responsible for the safe admission of care and discharge of all patients from the variety of disciplines to destinations such as Theatre Admissions Unit, wards within the hospital and critical care. Co‑ordinating a busy recovery area, facilitating education and training, and providing experienced support and guidance to the team.

As we work very closely with Theatre Admissions Unit, staff may be expected to support the unit in times of staff shortage. Theatre Recovery works on a 24/7 basis therefore applicants must be aware that there are a variety of shift patterns including out of hour services. Applicants will be required to work in a flexible working pattern to meet the needs of the service. Please note additional working pattern: 37.5 hours inclusive of weekends, nights and 1 x 21:30 finish per week.

The main duties are to plan, deliver and evaluate all aspects of patient care for the immediate post operative patient who have undergone surgery or a procedure within the Trust and the external areas mentioned in the job overview. Successful applicants would be expected to assist in the day to day running of the unit, ensuring effective communication with theatres and multidisciplinary teams.

The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, deliver skilled practical care to all patients, and lead in the monitoring, planning and delivery of individualised patient care, providing advice to staff as appropriate. The practitioner is competent to deliver expert, skilled care to highly dependant patients in a specialised area.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Qualification relevant to specialist area (Diploma/Degree in Specialized Theatre Practice, ENB 182/176, HEA605) or equivalent course
• Mentorship course or Teaching and Assessing course (ENB 998, C&G756, Mentorship in Practice, D32/D33)

Desirable Criteria

• ILS/ALS, demonstrable post registration experience in relevant theatre area, at least one year at a supervisory level
• Responsibility for running clinical areas on a shift / daily basis
• Evidence of mentorship within specialist field and appraisals as appropriate
• Evidence of active participation in development of unit guidelines / initiatives
• Management course / training
• Understanding of Trust Policy and Practice
• Policy and procedure writing skills
• Principles of budget management, understanding and knowledge relating to political and professional issues
• Evidence of expert knowledge in one area of practice
• Knowledge of Trust / NHS performance targets, self‑motivated and enthusiastic with a clear vision of the way the service should be efficiently delivered, UK professional registration
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital

About the Trust

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

We are part of the 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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.

Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Visa & Immigration

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist.

Additional Policy and Working Conditions

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieving fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from groups that are currently under‑represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16‑24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, skilled visa applicants and their adult dependants will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website.

This organisation has a zero‑tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisation's safeguarding children and adults policy and comply with the local safeguarding procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.