Job requirements
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Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Registered ODP or Registered Nurse with Anaesthetic Qualification
- Previous Experience
Knowledge of Health & Safety, Control of Infection and Moving and Handling Policies.
- Specific Requirements
Must be able to demonstrate commitment to own professional development.
- Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
An interest in developing specialist skills
- Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Planning and organisational skills
- Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Must be able to communicate effectively with all members of the multi-professional team
- Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
- Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Experience of mentoring students
- Qualifications
Recent experience working in a theatre environment
- Qualifications
Teaching and assessing course
- Previous Experience
Experience of working within peri-operative environment
- Previous Experience
Ophthalmology experience
- Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Evidence of extended skills
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse/Theatre Practitioner/ODP to join the operating theatre team at County Hospital Louth as part of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT). The successful candidates will be expected to rotate into anaesthetics, recovery and scrub to allow flexibility within the service.
Hours will nominally be from 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours Monday to Friday. However, There will be an expectation of travel to other sites within the trust to assist in maintaining safe staffing levels as required.
Main duties of the job
The Operating Department has 2 Theatres, which currently provide day case services for Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Breast, Gynaecological Day Case, Urology, Maxillo-Facial and Orthopaedic surgery in line with the Recovery phase post COVID.
You will work as part of the Multi-professional theatre team to provide care during the delivery of clinical services. The role requires the planning and delivery of own work load, organising equipment and resources as service demands and in accordance with policies and protocols.
Continuation of professional development is expected through post registration study. The role requires an ability to work on own initiative within the appropriate legal requirements, acts, policies, procedures and guidelines. The role requires a level of autonomy to practice governed by the code of professional conduct.
Theatre experienced ODP/Nurse with a knowledge of health and safety, infection control and moving and handling. The successful applicants must be able to communicate effectively with all members of the multi professional team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Join Our Theatre Team at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH)
Caring and Building a Healthier Future for All
At ULTH, we’re proud to be one of the largest acute hospital trusts in England, delivering high-quality surgical care across Lincolnshire. Our theatres are central to that mission — and we’re looking for a passionate, skilled theatre practitioner to join our team.
Whether you're an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP), scrub nurse, anaesthetic practitioner, or recovery specialist, you’ll play a vital role in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care.
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This advert is for Operating Department Practitioner/Anaesthetic Nurse - Band 5 with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust in Lincoln, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Operating department practitioner role. The advertised salary is £31,049 - £37,796 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Nov 2025.
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