Recovery Practitioner

HMT St Hughs Hospital; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Grimsby is seeking a Recovery Practitioner to join the Theatre team. The successful candidate will ensure safe and effective care for post-operative patients while supervising and supporting theatre staff. This role emphasizes patient safety, clinical excellence, and participation in ongoing quality improvement initiatives. The position offers competitive pay and numerous benefits, ensuring a rewarding work environment for passionate professionals.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Private Medical Insurance

Employer pension contribution

Wellbeing support

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Recruitment referral scheme

Career progression

Flexible working options

27 Days Annual Leave (Plus Bank holidays) pro rata

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Qualifications

• Strong focus on post-operative patient care.
• Ability to support and supervise theatre staff.
• Commitment to quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective care to post-operative patients.
• Supervise and support theatre staff while fostering a learning environment.
• Participate in audits and quality monitoring activities.

Skills

Patient safety focus

Effective communication

Clinical excellence

Operational efficiency

Supervisory skills

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Theatre team at St Hughs Hospital. The post holder will work as part of the theatre team providing support to all members of staff and consultant users.

The Recovery Practitioner is responsible for the safe and effective care of post-operative patients, ensuring they meet clinical discharge criteria before returning to the ward. Working as an integral member of the theatre team, the post holder will provide high-quality support across a range of surgical specialties, maintaining a strong focus on patient safety, clinical excellence, and operational efficiency.

The role involves supervising and supporting staff, acting as a role model and fostering a learning environment. The Recovery Practitioner will proactively identify learning needs and take steps to close knowledge and skills gaps to ensure best practice is upheld. Additionally, the post holder will contribute to ongoing quality improvement initiatives, support process enhancements, and participate in audits and monitoring activities to uphold service standards and patient outcomes.

About us

The Healthcare Management Trust is a charity built on a defining set of principles which are at the heart of everything we do; they make us who we are and ensure that we stand apart from others within our sector. We acknowledge and value the ethos and mission of the founders of HMT, our Homes and our Hospitals; we will ensure that these principles continue to be at the heart of our work. HMT believes everyone has the right to dignity, privacy and respect and we pride ourselves on providing quality and considered care to each and every individual in a safe, comfortable environment. We are look to engage with people who can carry this vision through with commitment, enthusiasm, care and attention. At St Hugh's Hospital, we focus on delivering patient-centred care that you can trust, while also providing value for money without compromising on standards. We are committed to delivering the highest quality healthcare and understand that our well-trained, passionate team of employees lie at the heart of delivering the service our patients and residents expect. At the Healthcare Management Trust, we are obsessed with achieving our Vision, to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services. Our Purpose is, to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome. We aim to provide services which value collaboration and place our residents, patients and people at the heart of all we do. We will always do the right thing for our residents, patients and people. We will be outwardly connected to the most innovative practices and service offerings in the market. We will do things differently and will be bold with our ambition to change things for the better. We are passionate about what we do and so are our people. Bringing their most authentic selves to work and seeking joy and fun in what we do. We will deliver care and clinical interactions compassionately and tailor them to individual needs. We achieve this by living our business Values each and every day:

• We are caring
• We are enterprising
• We are resourceful
• We are authentic
• We are accountable

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employer pension contribution
• Wellbeing support
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral scheme
• Career progression
• Flexible working options
• 27 Days Annual Leave (Plus Bank holidays) pro rata
• Enhanced Maternity Pay