Theatre Practitioner - Staff Bank

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in South East England is seeking motivated theatre practitioners to provide high-quality patient care in a vibrant operating theatre environment. Ideal candidates will have specialized clinical skills and relevant qualifications. The role offers competitive pay and opportunities for career development while maintaining a work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Flexible working patterns

Free DBS check and uniform

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

Support for ongoing development and revalidation

Qualifications

• Demonstrates understanding of clinical issues within Theatre Department.
• Experience in one of the following Theatre/recovery/anaesthetics.
• Experience in 2 or more areas, i.e., recovery/scrub.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, individualised patient care in a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead by example and manage the demands of supporting multiple theatres.
• Participate in the Trust's induction programme and training.

Skills

Specialist clinical skills

Organisational skills

Assesses patients & their care needs

Experience to take delegated responsibility

Education

RSCN part 8 or 15 C&G 752/ODP NVQ level 3 Diploma/Degree

Relevant Specialist Course - Theatre/Anaesthetic

First assistance course

Prep for mentors or equivalent

Job description

Are you a theatre practitioner looking for a new role? Will only the best do for you and your patients? You were made for us.

We are currently looking for driven, methodical and highly motivated registered practitioners to join our operating theatre departments.

Whether you are a registered nurse, Operating Department practitioner or a paediatric nurse looking for a change or to gain experience with more complex and specialist surgery and anaesthetic, we want to hear from you.

You will bring a wide range of experience and specialist knowledge to this role, and be committed providing the highest standard of individualised, holistic patient centred care within the multi-disciplinary team. You will be ready to lead by example, show exemplary communications skills and manage the physical and mental demands of supporting our 22 theatres that cover a wide range of specialities.

Please state your preferred site of working in your supporting statement.

Main duties of the job

Tunbridge Wells at Pembury Hospital is the trust's 'Hot site' and runs both an elective and emergency service. It comprises 11 theatres covering a wide range of specialities: Orthopaedics (Elective & Trauma), CEPOD, Gynaecology, Major Colorectal Surgery, Day case Upper GI, Urology, Breast, Obstetrics, Ophthalmic, ENT and Paediatric Orthopaedics & ENT.

Maidstone Hospital is the trust's 'Cold Site' and covers a wide range of specialities with a focus on elective surgery - including Urology, Gynaecology, Oncology Gynaecology, Upper GI, Breast, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics. We do perform emergency Urology and Ophthalmology surgery, and remain on standby for any complications.

Our patients deserve the best and the well-being of our staff is the key to our success. We will work with you to help you achieve your career goals and will help you strike the right work-life balance, allowing us to meet the needs of our services as well as those of you and your family.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is proud to be ranked among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide, and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in both the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Surveys.

We are a large acute hospital trust based in South East England, providing high-quality gen-eral and specialist hospital services to around 600,000 residents across West Kent and East Sussex. Our dedicated and diverse workforce of over 8,000 staff also delivers specialist can-cer services through the Kent Oncology Centre.

In October 2024, Fordcombe Hospital near Tunbridge Wells joined the Trust. This planned care facility offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, a full range of diag-nostic services, and consultation and treatment suites.

Our Staff Bank plays a vital role in supporting our services by providing flexible, skilled cover for temporary staffing needs across all specialties. It offers a rewarding and adaptable way to work, giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience, explore different specialties, and potentially move into a permanent role within the Trust.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Flexible, 'as and when' working pattern
• Free DBS check and uniform
• Priority access to shifts over agency staff
• Weekly payroll
• Support for ongoing development and revalidation
• Easy-to-use online shift booking system - Loop
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Blue light card eligibility

Job responsibilities

Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to re-view the criteria in the person specification and share specific ex-amples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for er-rors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [e-mail] if this is problematic) and will in-volve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernu-merary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN part 8 or 15 C&G 752/ODP NVQ level 3 Diploma/Degree
• Relevant Specialist Course - Theatre/Anaesthetic
• First assistance course
• Prep for mentors or equivalent

Experience/Knowledge

• Demonstrates understanding of clinical issues within Theatre Department
• Experience in one of the following Theatre/recovery/anaesthetics
• Experience in 2 or more areas. i.e. recovery/scrub

Skills

• Specialist clinical skills
• Assesses patients & their care needs
• Experience to take delegated responsibility i.e. running a list
• Organisational skills

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.