Theatre Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join the Theatre team in Anaesthetics at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust. The role involves working within a busy theatres complex across three sites, participating in a 24/7 service, and supporting additional services like ITU and A&E. The successful applicant will deliver skilled practical care, assess peri-operative situations, and actively support evidence-based practice.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse, current NMC OR Registered ODP, current HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Experience of being Nurse in charge
- Knowledge and application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
- Knowledge of Essence of Care
- Evidence of involvement in benchmarking
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to delegate work appropriately
- Ability to manage a team
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
- Other
- Application of evidence based practice
- Registered Nurse, current NMC OR Registered ODP, current HCPC registration
- Post registration qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Experience of being Nurse in charge
- Knowledge and application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
- Knowledge of Essence of Care
- Evidence of involvement in benchmarking
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to delegate work appropriately
- Ability to manage a team
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
- Other
- Application of evidence based practice
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.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 3d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (LUHFT) for either a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join the Theatre team on Anaesthetics.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to work within our busy theatres complex. We are proud of our ethos of welcoming new practitioners and providing a supportive, team orientated environment. We provide an in depth induction and an excellent preceptorship package for both newly qualified and experienced applicants.
The successful applicant will work as part of a combined theatres team consisting of 44 theatres across 3 sites in Liverpool. Specialties include Breast, Trauma and Orthopaedics, HPB, Vascular, Upper GI, Colorectal, Liver and Endocrine surgery.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work within the theatres team in anaesthetics. There would be opportunity to rotate within the disciplines and this would be supported by the theatre team.
The theatre team also support additional services within the trust such as ITU, Resus, and A and E and all applicants will be supported to train in these areas.
The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the 24 hour, 7 day service offered and be required to partake in a flexible work pattern to meet the needs of the service.
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