Registered Nurse / ODP
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 28.5
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a dynamic and dedicated Registered Theatre Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner to join the friendly ward/recovery team within the Tiverton Day Case Unit. The successful candidate will plan and manage individual care programmes for patients within the Day Surgery Unit. The position requires flexibility to support other Day Surgery Units if needed. It offers a great work-life balance with no unsociable hours, weekends, bank holidays, or nights.
Key responsibilities
- Plan and manage the implementation of individual care programmes for patients.
- Deliver high quality care in a professional and friendly environment.
- Work flexibly within a multidisciplinary team.
- Support other Day Surgery Units if required.
Essential criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
Desirable criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- General Requirements
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
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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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nurse / ODP
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and dedicated Registered Theatre Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner to join our friendly ward/recovery team within the Tiverton Day Case Unit. The successful candidate will plan and manage the implementation of individual care programmes for patients as part of the team within the Day Surgery Unit with the flexibility to support the other Day Surgery Units if required.
The successful applicant will be valuable in delivering high quality care in a professional and friendly environment.
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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