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Band 5
Part-time

Registered Nurse / ODP

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter, Devon, EX2 5DW, United Kingdom£32,073 - £39,043Closes 24/09/2026

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

Band 5 pay context

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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