Job summary
Theatre Practitioner - Recovery
37.5 hours per week (unsocial hours - predominantly 10.00am to 8.00pm & weekends)
Permanent
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Closing Date: 19th September 2025
Interview Date: 3rd October 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent communication and interpret. The successful candidate will provide high quality care and support to patients and staff working within the recovery unit of the operating theatre department.
Main duties of the job
- You will be keen to develop and contribute to the delivery of high quality, safe care with a real focus on continually improving the patient experience.
- The successful candidate should have a positive approach in supporting the theatre, wards and departments objectives and they will be able to demonstrate the Trust Values and expected behaviours. Previous theatre experience would be desirable.
- 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.
- 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.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme
Job description
Job 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 ones 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.
Job description
Job 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 ones 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
- Experienced Recovery Practitioner - 12 months experience
- Registered with NMC or HCPC
- Excellent Communication skills
- Positive working relationships
- Leadership Skills
Desirable
- Practice Assessor award
- Anaesthetic Experience
- Scrub Experience
- Post Graduate Qualification
Person Specification
Essential & Desirable
Essential
- Experienced Recovery Practitioner - 12 months experience
- Registered with NMC or HCPC
- Excellent Communication skills
- Positive working relationships
- Leadership Skills
Desirable
- Practice Assessor award
- Anaesthetic Experience
- Scrub Experience
- Post Graduate Qualification
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.
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.
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).
