Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Theatre Practitioner

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Job summary

Full-time Band 5 Theatre Practitioner in Elective Orthopaedic Theatres

Are you an enthusiastic person who is passionate about patient safety and quality and would like to further develop your clinical skills? With the opportunity to develop link roles and career development.

Ensure the highest standards of care and safety within the Elective Orthopaedic Theatres and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary teams, implement and maintain systems and processes which ensure standards are maintained

Ongoing orientation and mentor support

Continuous personal development supported

Main duties of the job

Support colleagues and foster a learning culture which values high quality safe patient care

Work in partnership with Orthopaedic colleagues to ensure multi-disciplinary team work in achieving agreed, common goals / outcomes across the Elective Orthopaedic service

Flexibility and strong organisational skills

Enthusiastic and motivated to improve services

Effective communication skills

Ability to interact effectively with peers and junior and senior colleagues

Willingness to learn a variety of theatre skills and engage in departmental link roles

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Details

Date posted

11 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

164-7402934

Job locations

City Hospital Campus

Edwards Lane

Nottingham

NG5 1PB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care. Ability to identify own learning needs. Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role

Physical Skills

Essential

  • Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation Competent and capable of using medical equipment Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres

Experience

Essential

  • Supervision of non-registered staff and students

Desirable

  • Evidence of ability to mentor Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse or project work

Communication & relationship skill

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff

Desirable

  • Demonstrate team working and ability to work within a team
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care. Ability to identify own learning needs. Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role

Physical Skills

Essential

  • Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation Competent and capable of using medical equipment Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres

Experience

Essential

  • Supervision of non-registered staff and students

Desirable

  • Evidence of ability to mentor Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse or project work

Communication & relationship skill

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff

Desirable

  • Demonstrate team working and ability to work within a team

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

City Hospital Campus

Edwards Lane

Nottingham

NG5 1PB


Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

City Hospital Campus

Edwards Lane

Nottingham

NG5 1PB


Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Simon Bunney

simon.bunney1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

11 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

164-7402934

Job locations

City Hospital Campus

Edwards Lane

Nottingham

NG5 1PB


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