About this role
Job summary
Anaesthetic and Recovery Theatre Practitioner
37.5 hours per week (Some unsocial hours - Nights, Weekends & Late shifts)
Fixed term for 9 months (Maternity Leave cover)
Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Closing Date: Thursday 19th November 2026
Interview Date: Monday 4th January 2027
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The successful candidate will work alongside existing recovery practitioners across 4 departments, including general and emergency, orthopaedics, Gynae and day surgery and pain clinic to provide care to patients in the immediate post-operative phase.
Candidates will be expected to cover out of hours work, including evening and weekends.
Recovery experience essential, anaesthetic experience desirable.
Main duties of the job
- 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 utilises 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.
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, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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.
- 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. Ensures that the Team Leader/Senior Team Leader is informed of any Professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Operating Department Practitioner, (Diploma in Operating Department Practice/NVQ level3/C&G752) or Pending qualification with NMC, Registered General Nurse or HCPC , Registered Operating Department Practitioner
- Minimum of 12 months experience in Anaesthetics & Recovery
- Strong Organisational and Time Management skills
- Evidence of CPD
- Leadership skills
Desirable
- Post Graduate Qualification
- Mentoring & Assessing Qualification
- Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge
- Have understanding of patient confidentiality
- Enthusiastic
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum of 12 months post registration within the Perioperative environment or Newly qualified RGN/RODP
Desirable
- Evidence of research or clinical audit
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Experienced Recovery Practitioner
Desirable
- Experienced Anaesthetic Practitioner
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiastic
- Positive working relationships
- Ability to motivate others
- Good health record
- Leadership skills
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines
Other
Essential
- A commitment to equal opportunities
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open communication
- Excellence and safety in everything we do
- Challenge but support
- Expect respect and dignity
- Local health that inspires confidence
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
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
College Street
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)