About The Role
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We’re looking for a skilled and compassionate Theatre Practitioner (Recovery) to join our busy theatres team. Working within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU), you’ll play a vital role in supporting patients through the immediate post‑operative period, ensuring their safety, comfort and wellbeing at a critical stage of their surgical journey.
As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you’ll deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care while working closely with anaesthetists, surgeons and ward teams. This is a great opportunity for a recovery practitioner who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and is committed to maintaining the highest clinical standards.
What you'll be doing
* Delivering safe, effective and compassionate care to patients within the recovery area.
* Assessing, monitoring and supporting patients throughout the post‑anaesthetic recovery period.
* Ensuring effective handover from anaesthetics and theatre teams and onward handover to wards.
* Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration, including emergency situations and resuscitation.
* Managing airway support, pain control, observations and IV therapies in line with best practice.
* Maintaining a clean, safe and well‑equipped recovery environment.
* Supporting infection prevention and control standards within the department.
* Accurately recording clinical interventions, medications and patient information.
* Contributing to stock control, equipment checks and reporting maintenance issues.
* Participating in audit, education, supervision and ongoing service improvement.
What we’ll look for in you
As an NMC‑registered Nurse or HCPC‑registered Operating Department Practitioner, you will also have:
* Relevant post‑registration experience in recovery, anaesthetics or critical care (ITU)
* Up‑to‑date clinical knowledge of anaesthetics, analgesia, emergency drugs and airway management
* Confidence in recognising and responding to deteriorating patients, including extubation and resuscitation
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
* A calm, organised approach and the ability to work well under pressure
* A flexible and positive attitude
What you can expect in return:
* A salary of up to £46,801 depending on your skills and experience
* Work 37.5 hours over 4 days
* No on-call, no night work or working on bank holidays
* A clear career path with lots of exciting options
* An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
* 25 days holiday increasing with service up to a maximum of 29 days plus bank holidays
* Mandatory training through our excellent in‑house education programme
Our employment offers are subject to receipt of satisfactory pre‑employment checks.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
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