Overview
Full-time Band 5 Theatre Practitioner in Elective Orthopaedic Theatres
Are you an enthusiastic person who is passionate about patient safety and quality and would like to further develop your clinical skills? With the opportunity to develop link roles and career development.
Ensure the highest standards of care and safety within the Elective Orthopaedic Theatres and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary teams, implement and maintain systems and processes which ensure standards are maintained
Ongoing orientation and mentor support
Continuous personal development supported
Main duties of the job
* Support colleagues and foster a learning culture which values high quality safe patient care
* Work in partnership with Orthopaedic colleagues to ensure multi-disciplinary team work in achieving agreed, common goals / outcomes across the Elective Orthopaedic service
* Flexibility and strong organisational skills
* Enthusiastic and motivated to improve services
* Effective communication skills
* Ability to interact effectively with peers and junior and senior colleagues
* Willingness to learn a variety of theatre skills and engage in departmental link roles
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Details
Date posted: 11 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 164-7402934
Job locations: City Hospital Campus, Edwards Lane, Nottingham, NG5 1PB
Job description
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration
Desirable
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care. Ability to identify own learning needs. Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role
Physical Skills
* Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation. Competent and capable of using medical equipment. Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres
Experience
* Supervision of non-registered staff and students
Desirable
* Evidence of ability to mentor. Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse or project work
Communication & relationship skill
* Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
Desirable
* Demonstrate team working and ability to work within a team
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. 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 in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
City Hospital Campus, Edwards Lane, Nottingham, NG5 1PB
Website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/
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