Theatre Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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Role summary
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking experienced or newly qualified nurses/ODPs to join their theatre teams at New Cross Hospital, with a specific interest in Head and Neck Surgery. The role involves working across various surgical specialties, allowing for skill development. Candidates should have skills in peri-operative care, particularly Scrub and Anaesthetics, and be able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team. The position may require commitment to out-of-hours or on-call duties.
Essential criteria
- NMC / HCPC registration
- Experience/Skills
- If newly registered has had experience within an theatre setting (as a nursing student or within first year as new entrant to the profession).
- Has registration and has had experience within a theatre setting
- Basic numerical skills
- Standard keyboard skills and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as Word, PAS, and E-rostering etc.
Desirable criteria
- Has the ability to work in two areas of peri-operative care
- NMC / HCPC registration
- Experience/Skills
- If newly registered has had experience within an theatre setting (as a nursing student or within first year as new entrant to the profession).
- Has registration and has had experience within a theatre setting
- Basic numerical skills
- Standard keyboard skills and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as Word, PAS, and E-rostering etc.
- Has the ability to work in two areas of peri-operative care
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 Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Theatre Practitioner
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is looking for experienced or newly qualified nurses/ ODPs to join our dynamic and innovative theatre teams at New Cross Hospital.
We are specifically looking for candidates with an interest in Head and Neck Surgery.
The Theatre Directorate covers a wide range of surgical specialties including Cardiothoracic, Day Case, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, General surgery, Breast, Colo-rectal, Urology, Head and Neck, Trauma and Orthopedics and Robotic surgery, allowing the successful candidate to develop their existing skills and knowledge.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for candidates who have skills in all three areas of peri-operative care but particularly Scrub and Anaesthetics.
Please only apply if you have a current NMC / HCPC registration with the right to work in the UK.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thi
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