Senior Theatre Practitioner

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a skilled Senior Theatre Practitioner to join their dynamic Cardiothoracic Operating Theatre. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on patient care while leading a team and ensuring high standards of safety and quality. The Trust values diversity and is committed to flexible working arrangements, making it an ideal workplace for those looking to balance their professional and personal lives. Join a supportive environment where your contributions will help shape the future of healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in scrub, anaesthetic, and recovery roles.
• Ability to coordinate theatre lists and ensure safe organisation.

Responsibilities

• Support the perioperative team in delivering safe patient care.
• Act as a team leader and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Cardiothoracic theatre experience

Mentoring junior staff

Infection control standards

Patient safety standards

Education

Registered nurse qualification

Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) qualification

Job description

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior Theatre Practitioner to join our busy Cardiothoracic Operating Theatre at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated registered nurse or ODP with cardiothoracic theatre experience to make a real impact in delivering high-quality patient care.

As a senior theatre practitioner, you will support the perioperative team in delivering safe and effective patient care during scrub, anaesthetic, and recovery roles. You will act as a team leader, mentoring junior staff and coordinating theatre lists to ensure the safe organisation of theatre. You will contribute to quality improvement initiatives and uphold infection control and patient safety standards. You will work closely with the theatre manager to provide a seamless link between senior colleagues and the wider theatre team.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Pullar Job title: Cardiothoracic theatre manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01902 307999

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