Senior Recovery Practitioner

Job overview

Theatre Recovery Practitioner Band 6 Permanent 30.5 hours per week plus on call commitment

Part time

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
• Main C Theatre, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait are Elective 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead a Theatre Recovery team in providing perioperative patient care.

CLINICAL Perform 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 enable effective care delivery. Involve the multidisciplinary team and where possible patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care. Work collaboratively with other professionals and departments to ensure patient needs are met, especially with regard to efficient enhancement of the patient journey within the speciality. Establish and maintain effective communication with multi- disciplinary team, patients and carers/relatives. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations, Treat all information regarding clients and patients as confidential.

MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIP Act as an effective role model Expedite 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 including performance 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: reporting fluctuations and developments in a timely manner. Monitor health, safety and security of self and others. Promote best practice in the theatre area. Clinical Governance / Quality Assist 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, leading to 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 I equipment. Education and training development Participate with the theatre-training department in providing education and development opportunities for a theatre team. Develop own clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others. (KSF Dimension Level) Ensure own compliance and compliance of others regarding mandatory training and professional 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

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.