# Senior Theatre Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- **Town:** Stoke On Trent
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: NA
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-02T08:52:07.158Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Staffordshire/University_Hospitals_North_Midlands_NHS_Trust/Maternity_Services/Maternity_Services-v7975150
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7975150?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Maternity Theatres at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Supporting the wider multi-disciplinary team with elective and emergency obstetric work as a Maternity Theatre Practitioner.

We require professional, flexible, motivated and committed team members capable of delivering high quality, patient-focused care within a busy, progressive and varied department.

The post holder will be expected to work with the perioperative multidisciplinary team,  to provide effective care within Scrub and Post Anaesthetic care disciplines, in line with scope of practice and departmental need.

The post holder will support the Theatre Leadership Team to ensure standards of practice and care quality are upheld; this includes acting as a role model, supporting the learning of others and contributing to the development and implementation of improvement ideas.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for:

- The assessment of patient needs, the development of programs of care and for the implementation and evaluation of these programs.
- Carry out all relevant forms of care.
- Provide skilled assistance within the Operating Department environment and to continue to develop enhanced surgical skills related to the speciality, commensurate with your level of competence.
- To act as a role model to students.
- To present a positive professional image of the organisation and the theatre team.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information regarding this role, please see the Job Description attached below.

## Job Details

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Maternity Theatres at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Supporting the wider multi-disciplinary team with elective and emergency obstetric work as a Maternity Theatre Practitioner.

We require professional, flexible, motivated and committed team members capable of delivering high quality, patient-focused care within a busy, progressive and varied department.

The post holder will be expected to work with the perioperative multidisciplinary team, to provide effective care within Scrub and Post Anaesthetic care disciplines, in line with scope of practice and departmental need.

The post holder will support the Theatre Leadership Team to ensure standards of practice and care quality are upheld; this includes acting as a role model, supporting the learning of others and contributing to the development and implementation of improvement ideas.

## Job Description

The post holder is responsible for:

The assessment of patient needs, the development of programs of care and for the implementation and evaluation of these programs.

Carry out all relevant forms of care.

Provide skilled assistance within the Operating Department environment and to continue to develop enhanced surgical skills related to the speciality, commensurate with your level of competence.

To act as a role model to students.

To present a positive professional image of the organisation and the theatre team.

## Responsibilities

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For more information regarding this role, please see the Job Description attached below.

## Person Specification

### 1 Poor, 2 Satisfactory, 3 Good, 4 Very Good, 5 Excellent

**Essential**

- On-going professional development

**Desirable**

- Communication and literacy

## Documents

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- [speaking up policy (pdf, 523.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2142)
- [dbs code of practice (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1004)
- [family relocation information (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1118)
- [infection control statement (pdf, 107.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1003)
- [recruitment reasonable adjustments (pdf, 122.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2872)
- [statement handling – updated from policy (pdf, 33.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1000)
- [trust policy on managing risk associated with safeguarding children (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1007)

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