Theatre Recovery Practitioner

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Theatre Recovery Practitioner to deliver outstanding care to post-operative patients. This role involves maintaining documentation, planning care, and supporting clinical governance. Ideal candidates will have experience in nursing and demonstrate strong communication skills. Commitment to self-development and teamwork is essential in this dynamic clinical environment. Weekend work may be required on a rotational basis.

Benefits

Commitment to staff development

Fair Recruitment Standards

Inclusion policies

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high standards of verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrate ability to prioritise own workload and others.
• Demonstrate caring and sensitive approach.
• Ability to deal with stress.
• Evidence of implementing innovation in practice.
• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
• Demonstrate the application of evidence-based practice and knowledge of professional issues.
• Commitment to development of self and others.
• Understanding of clinical audits.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding care to post-operative patients in recovery.
• Maintain accurate documentation and respect confidentiality.
• Contribute to service development and clinical governance.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Ability to prioritize workload

Caring and sensitive approach

Ability to deal with stress

Education

RN/ODP

NMC/HCPC Registered

Job description

Go back Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Theatre Recovery Practitioner

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Theatres department is made up of 9 operating theatres and a procedure room, including a stand-alone Day Stay Unit. The department provides the Trust with the crucial surgical and an anaesthetic support service, providing an extremely high standard of expert clinical care to our patients.

• To provide excellent, outstanding, safe, and evidence-based care to our post operative patients in recovery.
• To take a keen interest in self-development and participate in the development of others within the recovery team.
• To take responsibility for a lead role within the recovery department as identified by the team leader.

We operate on a six-day working week from Monday to Saturday as we try to reduce our long waiting lists for elective surgery. You will therefore be expected to work some weekends on a rotational basis.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain accurate and up to date documentation while ensuring and respecting confidentiality.
• The post holder is responsible for planning, implementing, and assessing care of patients.
• To provide expert, evidence-based care within the specialty.
• To actively support the process of risk management and health & safety - upholding relevant policies to promote this and ensuring incidents are reported appropriately (Datix) and helping to identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff.
• To make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area and positively influence other to adapt to change.
• To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, actioning remedy as appropriate and reporting deficits to Theatre Coordinators or Service Manager, as appropriate.
• To attend and contribute to departmental/unit meetings as required
• To actively contribute to Clinical Governance and assist in ensuring CQC Essential Standards are met.
• To ensure you are responsible for your own personal and professional development and practice with the ability to recognise own limitations and need for continuing education.
• To participate in any research/audit projects conducted in the clinical area as appropriate.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• RN/ODP
• NMC/HCPC Registered

Skills/ Abilities

• Demonstrate high standards of verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrate ability to prioritise own workload and others.

Experience

• Demonstrate caring and sensitive approach.
• Ability to deal with stress.
• Evidence of implementing innovation in practice

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Demonstrate the application of evidence-based practice and knowledge of professional issues
• Commitment to development of self and others
• Understanding of clinical audits

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

• Commitment to further professional development.
• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust