Theatre Practitioner - Orthopaedics
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Theatre Practitioner in Orthopaedics at a teaching hospital. You will join a highly motivated team providing high standards of patient care in a 7-day service covering Trauma and Elective Surgery. The position offers training and support for learning new skills and knowledge, with opportunities for in-house and external training. You will work in a supportive learning environment with a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to patient care.
Key responsibilities
- Work as part of a highly motivated team providing a high standard of patient care.
- Be a dynamic, innovative, and motivated healthcare professional with patient care and safety at heart.
- Develop or extend knowledge in a supportive learning environment with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Deliver the best care to patients.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practice
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Participate in teaching and developing staff, regularly taking part in learning activities that develop skills and knowledge of self and others
Desirable criteria
- Ensure the effective use of physical and financial resources
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to identify own learning requirements.
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
- Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practice
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Participate in teaching and developing staff, regularly taking part in learning activities that develop skills and knowledge of self and others
- Ensure the effective use of physical and financial resources
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to identify own learning requirements.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
As a teaching hospital, we offer training and support to learners and newly qualified nurses/ODPs. Successful candidates would be fully supported in learning new skills and knowledge. In house training and also external training is offered.
The post holder will be required to work as a part of a highly motivated team with a real commitment to providing a high standard of patient care. As a registered practitioner either on the NMC or HCPC registers you will be dynamic innovative and motivated health care professional who has patient care and safety at the heart of everything you do.
Main duties of the job
The Orthopaedic Theatre Team is looking to recruit dynamic and innovative ODP/RN's to join our amazing team. We have 8 laminar air flow theatres across the 2 sites covering a 7 day service of Trauma, and Elective Surgery including Primary and Revision Arthroplasty work.
During your working week, you will have the chance to develop or extend your knowledge in a supportive learning environment with a multi-disciplinary team that is dedicated and passionate to delivering the best care to our patients.
By joining us we will give you the support and development you need to become a practitioner of the future.
About us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are des
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