Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

HPB/Vascular Theatre Practitioner

The closing date is 18 July 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Operating Theatre Department to recruit a Theatre Practitioner to join our fantastic HPB and Vascular Team based at the QMC and NCH Campus. You should be a highly motivated, innovative and progressive individual committed to the development of yourself, your team and our changing services.

Our expectations are to deliver a high standard of service with patient safety and quality as our main priority. You should be able to demonstrate effective team working and work to the highest standards of evidence based practice.

We practice multi-skilling and are looking to recruit a dynamic Practitioner who wishes to develop their practice in anaesthetic and surgical scrub support. Anaesthetic skills are desirable - or a willingness to undertake anaesthetic training.

You should have a flexible attitude to work and be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

All persons appointed to the post are required to hold registration with their appropriate professional regulatory body and to comply with their professional code of conduct. Evidence of on-going registration will be required.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining a pro-active, dynamic team of Nurses, ODPs, TAPs, TSWs and SFAs who offer the best standards of perioperative care for our HPB and Vascular patients. Every day is different, with rewarding experiences and challenges alike. We pride ourselves on team work, learning and being forward thinking.

NUH offers fantastic support to a diverse range of students and learners and therefore the successful applicant should either hold or be willing to work towards a level three mentorship qualification.

The successful applicant will require to work 37.5hr flexibly across the HPB and Vascular Specialities. We work cross-campus for our dynamic and revolutionary Robotic Surgery Service. We also have weekend working with an on-call attachment for the emergency and paediatric specialities.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

164-7246274

Job locations

QMC Campus (and NCH intermittently) Cross-campus working

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective written communication skills

Desirable

  • Demonstrate Computer literacy & use of IT skills - e.g. e-mail, Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Experience and Understanding

Essential

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering care to patients in an Acute Care setting.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate effective written communication skills

Desirable

  • Demonstrate Computer literacy & use of IT skills - e.g. e-mail, Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Experience and Understanding

Essential

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering care to patients in an Acute Care setting.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

QMC Campus (and NCH intermittently) Cross-campus working

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

QMC Campus (and NCH intermittently) Cross-campus working

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Amie Mutton

amie.mutton@nhs.net

8325183347

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

164-7246274

Job locations

QMC Campus (and NCH intermittently) Cross-campus working

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


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