Theatre Practitioner

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join their Theatre team. The successful candidate will deliver skilled practical care and support various surgical procedures across multiple specialties. Applicants should have RGN/ODP qualifications and a commitment to providing high-quality patient care in a dynamic environment. This position offers competitive salary and full-time permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Understand quality and change in the clinical setting.
• Basic knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
• Able to maintain accurate patient records.

Responsibilities

• Deliver skilled practical care to all patients.
• Participate in monitoring, planning, and delivery of patient care.
• Support implementation of Evidence Based Practice.

Skills

Effective verbal & written communication skills

Ability to communicate with patients

Basic IT skills

Ability to develop interpersonal relationships

Education

RGN/ODP

Diploma/Degree

Job description

Job summary: An exciting opportunity has arisen at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (LUHFT) for either a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join the Theatre team on Anaesthetics.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to work within our busy theatres complex. We are proud of our ethos of welcoming new practitioners and providing a supportive, team orientated environment. We provide an in depth induction and an excellent preceptorship package for both newly qualified and experienced applicants.

The successful applicant will work as part of a combined theatres team consisting of 44 theatres across 3 sites in Liverpool. Specialties include Breast, Trauma and Orthopaedics, HPB, Vascular, Upper GI, Colorectal, Liver and endocrine surgery.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work within the theatres team in anaesthetics. There would be opportunity to rotate within the disciplines and this would be supported by the theatre team.

The theatre team also support additional services within the trust such as ITU, Resus, and A and E and all applicants will be supported to train in these areas.

The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the 24 hour, 7 day service offered and be required to partake in a flexible work pattern to meet the needs of the service.

About us

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

We are part of 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.

Details

Date posted: 07 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 287-RSUR-189-25

Job locations: Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, L7 8YE

Job responsibilities

Deliver skilled practical care to all patients and participate in the monitoring, planning and delivery of individualised patient care.

With guidance from senior staff, assess situations that arise in the peri-operative environment.

Actively support the implementation of Evidence Based Practice and participate in clinical audits as required.

To participate, as required, in out of hours cover, which may include on call cover and rotation onto night duty.

Have an awareness of stock control; support Team Leaders in appropriate stock management.

Input data onto the Ormis system, in order that statistics/patient activity may be accurately compiled.

Ensure all equipment and instruments are maintained in accordance with manufacturers guidelines, document and report any faults immediately to senior staff.

Attend/participate in unit /team meetings.

Support staff under your supervision (theatre support workers, trainee operating department practitioners, student nurses) and act as an effective role model.

Ensure rigorous adherence to infection control practices including hand hygiene and universal/standard precautions.

Ensure all theatre equipment and instruments required for the safe delivery of patient care are available and in working order prior to the commencement of an elective or emergency operating list.

Assist in the preparation and cleaning of the theatre suite, as per standard operating procedures.

Ensure all information pertaining to the patients identification and planned surgery is correct, as per departmental guidance.

Participate as a scrubbed member of the theatre team and carry out safety checks on swabs, instruments and needles in conjunction with a second person and reporting on the same to the surgeon, as per departmental policy.

Act as a circulating member of the operating team.

The post holder may be required to stand for long periods when assisting with surgical procedures and to have physical skill and dexterity when handling equipment.

Assist with the safe disposal of instrumentation and clinical waste e.g. body fluids, tissue at the end of surgery, as per departmental, Trust guidance.

Advise Unit Co-ordinator or person in charge of any proposed changes in the order of the operating list.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RGN/ODP
• Diploma/ Degree

Knowledge

• Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
• Basic knowledge and understanding of professional and NHS issues.

Skills

• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding and relatives as appropriate
• Able to maintain accurate patient records
• Basic IT skills
• Able to develop knowledge and skills to perform and meet all requirements of role.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting.
• Effective verbal & written communication skills
• Able to work with limited supervision
• Able to work as a member of a team

Other

• Supportive of colleagues and patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.