Senior Theatre Practitioner - Recovery

Horder Healthcare; Crowborough; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Free parking

Free gym on-site

Pension scheme

Free uniform

Meal provided

Job summary

The Horder Centre in Crowborough is seeking a Senior Recovery Practitioner (Nurse/ODP) to join a four-day week, delivering post-anaesthetic care within a modern theatre department. This full-time role supports a varied surgical caseload, including orthopaedics, and offers a supportive, high-performing clinical environment.

You will work across four days, 8am–6pm, with opportunities to contribute to audits, research, and service development while developing your skills and patient care pathways.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RGN) or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP Level 3)
• Previous experience in a theatre environment
• Previous recovery experience
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Commitment to delivering safe, evidence-based care

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, patient-centred care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient journeys.
• Contribute to clinical audits, research, and service development initiatives.
• Support safe, efficient theatre operations and optimal use of resources.
• Help create a positive, empathetic environment for patients, colleagues, and visitors

Skills

Registered Nurse or ODP

Theatre environment experience

Recovery experience

Communication

Teamwork

Safe, evidence-based care

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (RGN) or ODP Level 3

Job description

Senior Recovery Practitioner (Nurse/ODP) – 4-Day Week

Crowborough | Permanent | Full Time | Up to £42,198

Are you a passionate Senior Theatre Practitioner, Recovery looking to work in a supportive, high-performing clinical environment?

Join The Horder Centre as a Senior Recovery Practitioner and work full-time across four days, 8am–6pm. You’ll provide specialist post-anaesthetic care within our modern theatre department, working alongside a close-knit multidisciplinary team and supporting a varied surgical caseload including orthopaedics.

This is your opportunity to grow your skills while making a meaningful difference to every patient you support.

The Role

As a Senior Theatre Practitioner - Recovery, you’ll play a vital role across the patient pathway, delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care.

You will:

• Provide high-quality, patient-centred care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient journeys.
• Contribute to clinical audits, research, and service development initiatives.
• Support safe, efficient theatre operations and optimal use of resources.
• Help create a positive, empathetic environment for patients, colleagues, and visitors

What Makes This Role Different?

• Work with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities in a modern theatre setting.
• Be part of a team that values collaboration, respect, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to research and the ongoing development of clinical pathways
• Gain exposure to a varied caseload, including orthopaedic procedures.

About You

You are a dedicated and motivated practitioner with a genuine passion for delivering excellent patient care.

Essential:

• Registered Nurse (RGN) or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP Level 3)
• Previous experience in a theatre environment
• Previous recovery experience
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Commitment to delivering safe, evidence-based care

Desirable:

• Orthopaedic experience
• Mentorship or clinical supervision qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Location: The Horder Centre, Crowborough

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time (4 days a week 8am to 6pm)

Salary: up to £42,198.00 per annum, depending on experience

Benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Free parking and meal (Crowborough site)
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Free use of on-site gym at Crowborough
• Discounted rates for fitness classes/physiotherapy
• Competitive company pension scheme
• Free uniform

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.

At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law

As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.