Job overview

Operating Theatres Royal Stoke  

Our Major Trauma Centre has been ranked number one in the country for survival rates, come and join the number one team!

We currently have  a vacancy for Registered Nurses or ODP at Band 5 in our brand new state of the art Theatre Suite in the specialty of Trauma and Neuro surgery  theatres at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. 

We are very keen to recruit Scrub & Anaesthetic Practitioners  , all Nurses and ODP’s are welcome to apply.
Ideally we are looking for experienced theatre team members, but we welcome applications from newly qualified staff / or new to theatres who can demonstrate a keen interest in joining our team. Any students who qualify in the next 3 to 6 months are encouraged to apply.
You will gain a wide range of experience and can expand your skills and knowledge in this challenging and rewarding environment.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic candidates with the ability to work well within a challenging environment, and who can deliver high quality patient care from an either/ both  Anaesthetic and Scrub skill set.  We promote a dual role workforce in our theatre department.
In turn, we can offer you a structured preceptorship and induction programme for all new members of staff, plus access to on-going continuing professional education and development, appraisal and clinical supervision.

We have a vacancies for a full time and part time member of staff. We have a wide range of shifts available and we cover both elective Neuro surgery  and emergency Trauma and Neuro surgery  sessions over 7 days a week /24 hours a day (at Royal Stoke)
Important Information:
Please note the University Hospitals of North Midlands (NHS) Trust, do not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.