Contact information
For questions about the job, contact
Nyssa Dimmock, Team Manager
Dewsbury Theatres, Dewsbury District Hospital
Call: 01924 816252 / EXT 38252
Email: nyssa.dimmock@nhs.net
About the role
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated Theatre team at Dewsbury District Hospital.
We are looking for an Band 6 RN or ODP to join our Day Surgery Theatres team at Dewsbury District Hospital.
This role provides senior clinical support within the theatre environment, delivering safe, efficient perioperative care across elective day surgery lists. You will act as a clinical role model, supporting theatre flow, patient safety, and staff development while working closely with the multidisciplinary team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician who enjoys teaching alongside hands-on theatre practice in a busy day surgery setting.
Main duties
* Delivering high-quality perioperative care within theatres and recovery
* Supporting coordination of day surgery theatre lists and patient flow
* Providing day-to-day clinical leadership, supervision, and teaching to theatre staff
* Supporting student learning, competency development, and staff induction
* Contributing to audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance
For further information please refer to the job description and person specification.
Essential person specification requirements
Qualifications
* The ideal candidate will be a qualified RODP/RN
* Mentor/Assessor qualification at honors level or equivalent
Experience
* Significant post registration experience within theatres /PACU
Knowledge and awareness
* Essential knowledge of your own speciality and current issues in health care
* An understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop self and team members
* Continued professional development
* Demonstrates a clear understanding of budget management
* Awareness of own limitations.
For further information Please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our benefits
* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
Skilled worker sponsorship
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