Theatre Practitioner - Staff Bank

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Royal Tunbridge Wells is seeking a dedicated theatre practitioner. In this role, you will support a range of surgical specialties while providing individualised, patient-centered care. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and extensive experience in surgery and anaesthetics. The Trust offers competitive pay, flexible working patterns, and support for ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Flexible working patterns

Free DBS check and uniform

Priority access to shifts

Weekly payroll

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

Blue light card eligibility

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or Operating Department practitioner with relevant experience.
• Committed to providing holistic and patient-centered care.
• Ability to manage physical and mental demands in a theatre setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard individualised patient care within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Support operations across 22 theatres with various specialties.

Skills

methodical approach

exemplary communication skills

experience in surgery and anaesthetics

Job description

Overview

Are you a theatre practitioner looking for a new role? 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 to 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 specialties.

Preferred site and theatres

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

• Tunbridge Wells at Pembury Hospital – the trust\'s \"Hot site\" with elective and emergency services; 11 theatres covering Orthopaedics (Elective & Trauma), CEPOD, Gynaecology, Major Colorectal Surgery, Day case Upper GI, Urology, Breast, Obstetrics, Ophthalmic, ENT and Paediatric Orthopaedics & ENT.
• Maidstone Hospital – the trust\'s \"Cold Site\" focusing on elective surgery across Urology, Gynaecology, Oncology Gynaecology, Upper GI, Breast, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics, with emergency Urology and Ophthalmology surgery and standby for complications.

About the role

We are a large acute hospital trust based in South East England, providing high-quality general 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 cancer 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 diagnostic services, and consultation and treatment suites.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Flexible, 'as and when' working patterns
• 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 — Loopo
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Blue light card eligibility

Our pride and culture

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 general 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 cancer services through the Kent Oncology Centre.