Recovery Practitioner

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPE provided

Flu vaccinations

Flexible working options

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced registered nurse or ODP to join the Recovery team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. The post involves advanced perioperative care, collaboration with the theatre team, and ongoing professional development.

Applicants should be willing to undertake specialist training and support cross-site work. The role offers a competitive yearly salary, pro rata for part-time, with a commitment to a gold-standard of care and a

Qualifications

• Experience in scrub, recovery or anaesthetics.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• IT skills and familiarity with NHS systems.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop/implement care programmes for theatre patients.
• Provide highly skilled assistance in all operating department areas as part of the theatre team.
• Teach, supervise and motivate qualified and unqualified staff and students.
• Support across site with the recovery team and uphold Trust policies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Theatre nursing

IT skills

Education

RN/ODP registration

NMC/HPC registration

MSPP/ENB 998

Job description

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity within the Recovery team for enthusiastic and dynamic nurses wanting to develop their critical thinking skills and advanced nursing skills in the provision of excellent perioperative care and patient experience.

Recovery Units consist of four areas which cover a full variety of specialities including specialities such as plastics, spinal surgery, paediatrics, gynaecology, orthopaedic and trauma.

The post holder will be a registered nurse with previous surgical nursing experience. Be a good communicator and able to work as part of a team and on their own initiative. Be willing to undertake specialist training. The successful candidate will work as part of a team who cover across site working with our recovery team in High Wycombe.

We have a tradition of excellence and our vision is simple, to provide a gold standard in peri-operative practice, and invest in you the people who deliver care. We are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development and/or implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients undergoing theatre procedures.

To provide highly skilled assistance in all areas of the operating department and associated areas, and act as a professional member of the theatre team. He/she is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care, maintaining a highly skilled standard of nursing care within the framework of Trust policies.

The post holder will teach, supervise and motivate qualified and unqualified staff including basic and/or post basic students (Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners), back to nursing students and health care assistants.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience in scrub, recovery or anaesthetics.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Complaints procedure training
• Ability to communicate with patients (and their relatives or carers) who may have some a range of complex health care issues, and a variety of sensory/communication/ physical /mental health /language needs
• Working knowledge of the NHS and structures/procedures
• Sound knowledge of theatre practice and perioperative Issues
• IT Skills

Education, Qualifications and Training

• RGN / or ODP with appropriate registration
• NMC or HPC registration
• MSPP/ENB 998

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Informal visits welcomed.