Job summary
Theatre Recovery PractitionerBand 6Permanent37.5 hours per week plus on call commitment
Part time hours considered
Applicants must have a minimum of three years' experience in Recovery or a comparable setting, such as Intensive Care (ITU), to be considered for this position. Aintree site has 20 operating theatres across four departments which cover a wide variety of surgical specialties. Liverpool University Foundation Hospital is part of the Major Trauma Centre Collaborative (MTCC), a partnership between Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and is the regional Major Trauma Centre for the North West, providing the full range of services and clinical expertise for patients who are severely injured from all areas of the region.
The departments include:
- Main A theatre consisting of 7 Theatres, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait
- Main B Theatre consisting of 5 Theatres, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait
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Main C Theatre, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait areElective Care Centre Theatres - consisting of 4 Theatres, 2 Treatment Rooms, Recovery, Day Ward and Surgical Forward Wait
**Please note,this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received**
Main duties of the job
The Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait department offers a dynamic, supportive environment with varied workloads, challenges, and development opportunities. We seek passionate practitioners committed to teaching, career progression, and delivering excellent patient care. Applicants must be flexible to workdays, weekends, bank holidays, and rotate across four recovery areas to meet service needs and gain essential skills.
Ideal candidates will have knowledge of theatre procedures, a professional portfolio demonstrating CPD, and experience in multi-professional working, mentorship, change implementation, and leadership. Key skills include shift coordination, delegation, rota planning, HR awareness, and implementing learning from incidents. Strong communication and motivational abilities are essential, along with resilience under pressure and prioritisation skills.
Applicants should demonstrate leadership, teamwork, HR and change management, clinical governance, and incident management knowledge. Desirable attributes include workforce planning awareness and understanding of NHS policy. Additional requirements: safeguarding knowledge, IT proficiency, ability to manage complex situations, and a flexible, proactive approach to role and shift patterns.
For full details, please refer to the attached Job Description
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead a Theatre Recovery team in providing perioperative patient care.
CLINICALPerform comprehensive assessment of peri-operative patient care needs, plan,implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs /technology and varying levels of complexity.Collect, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records to enableeffective care delivery.Involve the multidisciplinary team and where possible patients and carers/relatives in theplanning and delivery of care.Work collaboratively with other professionals and departments to ensure patient needsare met, especially with regard to efficient enhancement of the patient journey within thespeciality.Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team, patientsand carers/relatives.Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations,Treat all information regarding clients and patients as confidential.
MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIPAct as an effective role modelExpedite excellent organisational skills and demonstrate leading a team and co-ordinating the recovery area ensuring an optimal level of responsibility and safety.Deputise for the Theatre Recovery Manager/ Speciality Lead in their absence.Accept delegated line management responsibilities of other team members includingperformance development reviews and provide counselling & support where necessary.Support the Theatre Recovery Manager to maximise best use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, and the patient's journey.Participate in the recruitment process of the recovery service.Promotes innovation and the development of services within the speciality area and assist the Theatre Recovery Manager /Speciality Lead to implement change.Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources: reportingfluctuations and developments in a timely manner.Monitor health, safety and security of self and others.Promote best practice in the theatre area.Clinical Governance / QualityAssist as required in departmental audit.Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others;participate in the development of the same.Continually monitor standards of care and participate in leading the improvement of care,through benchmarking, audit and research,Support patient and public involvement activities in the theatre area as appropriate, leadingto service improvement.Ensure compliance with untoward incident reporting & near misses.Promote people's equality, diversity and rights.Assist the Theatre Recovery Manager in the effective use and monitoring the quality of supplies Iequipment.Education and training developmentParticipate with the theatre-training department in providing education and developmentopportunities for a theatre team.Develop own clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others. (KSFDimension Level)Ensure own compliance and compliance of others regarding mandatory training andprofessional development requirements. Assist the Theatre Recovery Manager and Speciality Lead in facilitating an environment that provides staff with a range of education and training development opportunities.Act as a mentor / assessor to theatre recovery learners
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead a Theatre Recovery team in providing perioperative patient care.
CLINICALPerform comprehensive assessment of peri-operative patient care needs, plan,implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs /technology and varying levels of complexity.Collect, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records to enableeffective care delivery.Involve the multidisciplinary team and where possible patients and carers/relatives in theplanning and delivery of care.Work collaboratively with other professionals and departments to ensure patient needsare met, especially with regard to efficient enhancement of the patient journey within thespeciality.Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team, patientsand carers/relatives.Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations,Treat all information regarding clients and patients as confidential.
MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIPAct as an effective role modelExpedite excellent organisational skills and demonstrate leading a team and co-ordinating the recovery area ensuring an optimal level of responsibility and safety.Deputise for the Theatre Recovery Manager/ Speciality Lead in their absence.Accept delegated line management responsibilities of other team members includingperformance development reviews and provide counselling & support where necessary.Support the Theatre Recovery Manager to maximise best use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, and the patient's journey.Participate in the recruitment process of the recovery service.Promotes innovation and the development of services within the speciality area and assist the Theatre Recovery Manager /Speciality Lead to implement change.Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources: reportingfluctuations and developments in a timely manner.Monitor health, safety and security of self and others.Promote best practice in the theatre area.Clinical Governance / QualityAssist as required in departmental audit.Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others;participate in the development of the same.Continually monitor standards of care and participate in leading the improvement of care,through benchmarking, audit and research,Support patient and public involvement activities in the theatre area as appropriate, leadingto service improvement.Ensure compliance with untoward incident reporting & near misses.Promote people's equality, diversity and rights.Assist the Theatre Recovery Manager in the effective use and monitoring the quality of supplies Iequipment.Education and training developmentParticipate with the theatre-training department in providing education and developmentopportunities for a theatre team.Develop own clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others. (KSFDimension Level)Ensure own compliance and compliance of others regarding mandatory training andprofessional development requirements. Assist the Theatre Recovery Manager and Speciality Lead in facilitating an environment that provides staff with a range of education and training development opportunities.Act as a mentor / assessor to theatre recovery learners
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/Diploma
- Post-registration qualification /equivalent in recovery/critical care nursing
Experience
Essential
- Teaching / mentoring and assessing
- Broad range of clinical experience
- Participated in quality/service development
- Participation in staff management
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic knowledge of financial management in the clinical area
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying understanding and relatives as appropriate
- Able to present written information in a logical manner
- Excellent observation skills
- Ability to implement! manage change
- Effective leadership skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships
- Able to manage own workload, co-ordinate the work of others
- Able to support and supervise others
- Able to work without supervision
- Able to lead and manage difficult! emergency situations effectively
- Able to impart knowledge and skills in the clinical setting
- Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
Other
Essential
- Empathy for patients and their relatives
- Assertive , confident, approachable, and diplomatic
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/Diploma
- Post-registration qualification /equivalent in recovery/critical care nursing
Experience
Essential
- Teaching / mentoring and assessing
- Broad range of clinical experience
- Participated in quality/service development
- Participation in staff management
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic knowledge of financial management in the clinical area
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying understanding and relatives as appropriate
- Able to present written information in a logical manner
- Excellent observation skills
- Ability to implement! manage change
- Effective leadership skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships
- Able to manage own workload, co-ordinate the work of others
- Able to support and supervise others
- Able to work without supervision
- Able to lead and manage difficult! emergency situations effectively
- Able to impart knowledge and skills in the clinical setting
- Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
Other
Essential
- Empathy for patients and their relatives
- Assertive , confident, approachable, and diplomatic
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
