Band 5
Main area
Theatre Practitioner
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week (Maternity cover)
Job ref
287-RSUR-158-25
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/09/2025 23:59
Job Overview
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.
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, scrub or recovery. 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Deliver skilled practical care to all patients and participate in the monitoring, planning and delivery of individualised patient care.
With guidance from senior staff, assess situations that arise in the peri-operative environment.
Actively support the implementation of Evidence Based Practice and participate in clinical audits as required.
To participate, as required, in out of hours cover, which may include on call cover and rotation onto night duty.
Have an awareness of stock control; support Team Leaders in appropriate stock management.
Input data onto the Ormis system, in order that statistics/patient activity may be accurately compiled.
Ensure all equipment and instruments are maintained in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines, document and report any faults immediately to senior staff.
Attend/participate in unit /team meetings.
Support staff under your supervision (theatre support workers, trainee operating department practitioners, student nurses) and act as an effective role model.
Ensure rigorous adherence to infection control practices including hand hygiene and universal/standard precautions.
Ensure all theatre equipment and instruments required for the safe delivery of patient care are available and in working order prior to the commencement of an elective or emergency operating list.
Assist in the preparation and cleaning of the theatre suite, as per standard operating procedures.
Ensure all information pertaining to the patient's identification and planned surgery is correct, as per departmental guidance.
Participate as a scrubbed member of the theatre team and carry out safety checks on swabs, instruments and needles in conjunction with a second person and reporting on the same to the surgeon, as per departmental policy.
Act as a circulating member of the operating team.
The post holder may be required to stand for long periods when assisting with surgical procedures and to have physical skill and dexterity when handling equipment.
Assist with the safe disposal of instrumentation and clinical waste e.g. body fluids, tissue at the end of surgery, as per departmental, Trust guidance.
Advise Unit Co-ordinator or person in charge of any proposed changes in the order of the operating list.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered ODP, current HCPC registration (applicable to ODP) OR Registered nurse, current NMC registration (applicable to RN)
- Anaesthetic qualification
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registration study
- ALS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Essence of Care, Benchmarking process
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Knowledge of current healthcare issues and healthcare governance
- Understanding of the application of evidence based practice
- Ability to delegate work appropriately
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in Benchmarking process
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in changing environments
Other
Essential criteria
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Job Description (PDF, 224.4KB)
Risk ID (PDF, 320.6KB)
Recruitment docs (PDF, 383.5KB)
Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Darren Quine
Job title
Senior Practice Educator
Email address
Telephone number
0151 706 2581
Additional information
Telephone extension number 2581
Sonia Caixinha
Unit Manager
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