Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres - E00329
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 413-102457-CSSS-DA
- Employer
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Theatres - E00329
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum, Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Practitioner (Nurse)
Band 5
Job overview
Full Time – 37.5 hours
Join a world-leader in cancer treatment and research.
Work with a successful operating team, and an award-winning organisation which invests in its staff. Awarded outstanding by CQC.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, forward thinking, ODP/ Registered Nurse to work in our Surgical Theatres and Brachytherapy department. Our oncology theatre suite specialises in colorectal, plastics, urology and gynaecology; inclusive of robotic surgery, microsurgery and laparoscopic surgery.
At The Christie Theatres we see staff health and wellbeing and career development as our underpinning drive in delivering excellent patient care. We place a strong emphasis on personal and professional development, with opportunities to undertake further courses in support of your on-going professional development and career progression. In addition, we have an in-house Practice Based Educator to support your learning and training needs.
In return we are seeking professional, flexible, motivated, and committed team members, capable of delivering high quality, patient focused care.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will hold the appropriate qualifications to be a current registered practitioner (RGN or ODP) and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development. You will be committed to delivering high quality care with a desire to further develop your career within this rewarding specialty. You will need to have very good communication skills, be highly motivated, organised and be able to work using your own initiative.
We are welcoming applications to the scrub team, experience preferred but not essential. Newly qualified staff will be supported with a 12-month preceptorship and in house support from the education team and wider colleagues.
You will be required to work 37.5 hours, 4 days flexibly over 6 days (Monday to Saturday) with a commitment to out of hours on call.
Working for our organisation
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Ist level Registered Nurse with anaesthetic qualification or Operating department Practitioner.
- Diploma level education in relevant practice.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Working towards Degree.
- Mentorship and Assessment Course.
- Be willing to undertake own further professional development.
- Previous experience within operating theatres.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience within operating theatres in a scrub role
- Ability to manage time and workload.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to delegate tasks appropriately
- Excellent communication skills – both verbally and written.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations.
- Able to work equally well as part of a wider team as well as individually.
- Ability to implement new ideas and concepts.
- Team player and motivated to deliver high standards of patient care.
- Decision making within limitation of role, and demonstrates an awareness of own limits.
Desirable criteria
- IT Skills
- Ability to supervise and support junior staff members.
- Evidence of teaching/assessing skills.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development within existing role and the ability.
- Willingness to undertake further study in line with service needs.
Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
- Treats everybody equally regardless of diversity, culture or religion.
Desirable criteria
- Promote new ideas
Other
Essential criteria
- Innovative and a forward thinker.
- Enthusiasm with ability to motivate others.
- Promotes a positive attitude even in times of uncertainly.
- Communicates in a polite and respectful manner putting the needs of the patients first at all times
- Positive and flexible attitude to dealing with change
- Respond to the changing needs of the patient/service in an appropriate and timely manner.
- Commitment to participation within the on call rota.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kay Wilson
- Job title
- Deputy Theatre Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 446 3877
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