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Job summary

Main area
Surgery
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Secondment: 9 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref
164-7646440-VC
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
QMC
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/03/2026 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Theatre Practitioner - Max Fax

Band 5

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic person who is passionate about patient safety and quality and would like to further develop your clinical skills?  With the opportunity to develop link roles and career development.

Ensure the highest standards of care and safety within the Max Fax Theatres and in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary teams, implement and maintain systems and processes which ensure standards are maintained

Ongoing orientation and mentor support

Continuous personal development supported

We work Monday - Friday between with a variety of shift hours.  

Main duties of the job

Support colleagues and foster a learning culture which values high quality safe patient care

Work in partnership with Max Fax colleagues to ensure multi-disciplinary team work in achieving agreed, common goals / outcomes across the service

Flexibility and strong organisational skills

Enthusiastic and motivated to improve services

Effective communication skills

Ability to interact effectively with peers and junior and senior colleagues   

Willingness to learn a variety of theatre skills and engage in departmental link roles

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

For a Maternity cover

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care. Ability to identify own learning needs. Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation Competent and capable of using medical equipment Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Supervision of non-registered staff and students
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of ability to mentor Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse or project work
  • Experience working in Theatre Environment

Communication & relationship skill

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate team working and ability to work within a team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Care Leaver CovenantNHS Rainbow badgeCareLeaver Covenantadded for NUH

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Burton
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
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