Theatre Practitioner - Recovery (Bank)

Nuffield Health; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare charity in Plymouth is seeking a part-time Theatre Practitioner (Bank) for recovery. The role requires strong empathy and patient care skills, along with NMC or HCPC registration. This position offers up to £26.50 per hour and opportunities for continuous growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive

Access to Pension Scheme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Registered with the appropriate governing body.
• Post-registration experience in recovery.
• Ability to supervise and support junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Work with leading consultants and professionals.
• Deliver high-quality care in anaesthetic and recovery phases.
• Collaborate with anaesthetists and surgical teams.

Skills

Empathy

Detail-oriented

Team player

Patient care

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

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Theatre Practitioner - Recovery (Bank)

Apply locations Plymouth time type Part time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 25, 2025 (26 days left to apply) job requisition id JR0089522

Theatre Practitioner - Recovery (Bank)

Plymouth | Theatre | Bank Contract - Ad hoc

Up to £26.50 per hour

Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.

Asa Theatre Practitioner / ODP in Recovery at our hospital, you’ll be alert, focused, detail-oriented and empathetic.You’re registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. With post-registration experience, you’re a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.

As a Theatre Practitioner / ODP in Recovery,you will:

• Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals

• Enjoy a varied caseload with state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities

• Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff

• Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based

• Interact well with colleagues on the ward, understanding that continuity in patient care is key

• Deliver high-quality care to patients in the anaesthetic and recovery phases of surgery

• Collaborate with anaesthetists and surgical teams to prepare and monitor patients pre, during, and post-surgery

• Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £25.00 a month.

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital

The Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital is situated next to the Nuffield Health Devonshire Gym, in Derriford, Plymouth and we have been part of the Plymouth community since 1971. We have 3 main theatres – 2 laminar flow and 1 digital, a fully JAG accredited endoscopy suite, a 35-bedded ward with one 4 bedded bay and one 2 bedded bay. Our outpatients department has 12 consulting rooms. We carry out treatment under a range of specialities including Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery. We recently were rated in the top 50 hospitals in the country for our total hip replacement patient outcomes.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as wereceive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.

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About Us

Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit.

We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services.

As a charity, we invest all our income back in to our services, in to pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly, we invest in to our flagship programmes, which have been developed to help people who could normally afford or access our services.

Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.