Staff Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Band 5 Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners for their theatre departments. This role involves providing patient-centred care, coordinating clinical practice, and contributing to the development of junior staff. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based clinical care programs for patients. The trust offers extensive career development opportunities and supports continuous professional development.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
- Basic IT skills
- Relevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation, IV drug administration, acting as scrub practitioner
- Relevant and recent clinical experience
- Previous experience in speciality
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch) / ODP
- NMC / HCPC registration
- Diploma / Degree in Nursing / ODP completed or willingness to undertake) or equivalent experience
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
- Basic IT skills
- Relevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation, IV drug administration, acting as scrub practitioner
- Relevant and recent clinical experience
- Previous experience in speciality
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch) / ODP
- NMC / HCPC registration
- Diploma / Degree in Nursing / ODP completed or willingness to undertake) or equivalent experience
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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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Theatres are recruiting Band 5 Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners within our departments!
We've been providing patient-centred healthcare to communities in the North East of England and beyond for over 250 years and are proud to be one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, offering a vast and diverse range of specialist services.
This means we are in the unique and enviable position to offer theatre Nursing and Operating Department Practitioner career opportunities in a range of specialisms:
Anaesthetics and Recovery, scrub vacancies across all Specialities at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Day Treatment Centre and Freeman Hospital.
Please indicate in your application which area you would like to work.
- Interview Date Monday 21 September 2026
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week (Part Time Hours Considered)
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
Please note that we are unable to offer alternative interview dates so candidates should make every effort to be available for the interview date shown Monday 21 September 2026.
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