Job vacancy: Theatre Practitioner - Recovery, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Nuneaton

Job summary

Main area: Theatres Recovery
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Unsocial hours - predominantly 10.00am to 8.00pm & weekends)
Job ref: 230-36198435-CSS-T

Employer: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Town: Nuneaton
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/09/2025 23:59

Theatre Practitioner - Recovery

NHS AfC: Band 5

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts ‘policies and guidelines
Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected
Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.
Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one’s own abilities and limitations.
To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays

Managerial

Ensure that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients, and contribute to cost improvement programmes
Contribute to the maintenance of appropriate stock levels and have an awareness of materials management
Ensure that all equipment for patient use is kept in good working order in line with current Regulations.
Ensure that adequate skill mix is available to meet the needs of the patients. If deficits are unavoidable, contact the appropriate Senior Staff for support.
Ensure that concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues are resolved where possible and reported to the Team Leader / Senior Team Leader
Deputise for the Team Leader as and when necessary

Educational and Training

Have a positive attitude to continuing professional development to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective perioperative practice.
Participate in Trust Appraisal System
Possess a clear understanding of Clinical Governance in relation to standards of care, support of colleagues and audit of given care.
Participate in the utilisation, evaluation and conduct of audit and research.
Contribute to and evaluate the implantation of new ideas and innovations within the Theatre areas
Promote a professional image by acting as a role model to others, provide and participate in clinical supervision. Act as a source of advice and support for other colleagues.
Contribute to preceptoring, mentoring and assessing of colleagues and students in placement

Professional

Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of any Professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
Ensure that Revalidation requirements for NMC/HCPC Registration are adhered.
Ensures current registration with NMC/HCPC
To act as an ambassador for the clinical environment promoting a professional image of a Theatre Practitioner role

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Essential & Desirable

Essential criteria

Experienced Recovery Practitioner - 12 months experience
Registered with NMC or HCPC
Excellent Communication skills
Positive working relationships
Leadership Skills

Desirable criteria

Practice Assessor award
Anaesthetic Experience
Scrub Experience
Post Graduate Qualification

Please note:

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Aileen Rylance
Job title: Senior Theatre Team Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 02476 153523

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