Theatre Practitioner Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners

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Job summary

Join a progressive department as a Theatre Practitioner, dedicated to high-quality patient care within a collaborative team environment. This role at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Crewe offers the opportunity to work in modern theatres, participate in various surgeries, and advance your career in the NHS.

Qualifications

• Desire to work as part of a theatre team.
• Demonstrate evidence of research into the role applied for.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned care for patients undergoing anaesthetic and surgical procedures.
• Support leadership, education, development, and supervision of the team.

Skills

Team Work

Clinical Skills

Education

RGN/ODP Registration

Job description

Main area Surgery & Cancer Division Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (some weekend and late shifts) Job ref 412-S&C-7193156

Employer Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leighton Hospital Town Crewe, Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59

Theatre Practitioner Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners

Band 5

Job overview

Do you want to work in a progressive, forward thinking department?

If you are committed to high standard patient care and enjoy working in a friendly, highly motivated team then the Leighton Theatre Department could be the right career destination for you. This post is for a theatre nurse or ODP to perform the anaesthetic practitioner role.

Our department has 8 ultra-modern theatres, including 2 Orthopaedic Barn theatres and 2 integrated ‘Laparoscopic’ theatres. We also have 4 day case theatres and a Surgical Admissions unit on site, plus a maternity unit.

Informal visits are welcome. If you would like to meet us and visit our department please contact or Sara Watson 01270 278128/9

Main duties of the job

The Theatre Management team are passionate about providing support and cultivating a safe and friendly environment for staff and patients.

We work in teams by speciality/discipline including Breast/Obstetrics &Gynaecology/Ophthalmology, General & Emergency Surgery, Urology and ENT, Anaesthetics, Recovery and Orthopaedics /Trauma.

Each team has senior staff who support their own team by providing duty rosters, annual leave allocation and training within the team. This allows staff members a more personal working experience and helps improve job satisfaction!

We would love to hear from you if you would like a new or continuing career in the Operating Theatre.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A proficient health care professional competent to provide planned care for patients undergoing anaesthetic and surgical procedures. The post holder will be expected to provide a wide range of clinical skills, including areas of particular clinical expertise and advice within the team. They will
work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.

Please see full job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RGN/ODP registration
• ophthalmology scrub experience desireable but not essential
• scrub anaesthetic or PACU role
• familiar with theatre environment

Previous Experience RGN/ODP

• Scrub Anaesthetic or PACU role
• Familiar with theatre environment

Genuine interest in perioperative nursing

• Shows genuine desire to work as part of the theatre team
• Demonstrate evidence of research into role applied for
• Previous experience in Scrub is not essential

genuine interest in perioperative nursing

• shows a genuine desire to work as part of a theatre team
• demonstrates evidence of research into the role applied for
• previous experience in scrub role- not essential
• previous experience in ophthalmology scrub- not essential
• previous experience in gynaecology scrub-not essential

Key Messages

· Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.

· All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.

· Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

· Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence, which means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the role meets the UK Government requirements for sponsorship. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the skill level and the minimum salary threshold (usually £38,700 per year for Skilled Worker or £23,200 for Health Care Worker Visa). You can find more information on the Government website .

· Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.

· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.

· Please provide a contact email address for referees when you submit your application. We will not request any references until after you have been made a formal job offer.

· You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.

· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.

· Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

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.