Theatre Practitioner - ODP, Recovery or Scrub Practitioner

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

The closing date is 07 April 2025

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Theatre Practitioner to our multi-disciplinary team who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. We are open to application from both registered Nurses and Operating Department practitioners, with experience in any of the three perioperative disciplines or Scrub, Anaesthetics or Recovery.

You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place ".

Our service consists of 4 Main theatres, 2 Day surgery theatres, 1 Ophthalmology theatre and 1 Maternity theatre. We can provide experience in a number of surgical specialities including:* General Surgery* Breast Surgery* Colorectal Surgery* Gynaecology* Obstetrics* Trauma & Orthopaedics* Urology* Emergency Surgery* ENT* Max Fax* Ophthalmology

We would welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified Nurses or ODP's that believe they can support the leadership and development of our team whilst providing expertise and facilitating the delivery of evidenced-based practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will mainly be based with the Main theatres team, although flexibility across all theatres will be required, and will be rostered to work a mix of duties including weekends, on-call and dependant on experience/role, Nights.

This post offers many opportunities through on-going education and development that is supported by our own Practice Development Lead.

If you believe you have the skills and knowledge to take this role within a multidisciplinary theatre team, and have the ability to work using your own initiative and are passionate about patient safety and quality of care we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information please contact:

Chloe Ridgway (Sister) chloe.ridgway@nhs.net

Sarah Insley ( Matron ) sarah.insley1@nhs.net

Bethanie William (Practice Development Lead) bethanie.william@nhs.net

About us

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an on-site day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions.

Our 2024-2029 'Working Together, Improving Together' strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, setting the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

470-24-0114-PL

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport, Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the person specific document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criterias are used by the hiring managers as guidance during short listing.

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Registered Practitioner with current NMC registration or HCPC registration
Evidence of relevant post basic study
Can demonstrate the key competencies of the Behavioural Framework

Desirable

Completion of required IOW NHS TRUST mandatory training updates
Completion of work based competency modules
ENB 998; Minimum of 2 years relevant post basic clinical experience
Current Mentorship/ Practice Supervisor/ Practice Assessor qualification
Perioperative experience of Scrub/Anaesthetics/Recovery

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Registered Practitioner with current NMC registration or HCPC registration
Evidence of relevant post basic study
Can demonstrate the key competencies of the Behavioural Framework

Desirable

Completion of required IOW NHS TRUST mandatory training updates
Completion of work based competency modules
ENB 998; Minimum of 2 years relevant post basic clinical experience
Current Mentorship/ Practice Supervisor/ Practice Assessor qualification
Perioperative experience of Scrub/Anaesthetics/Recovery

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).