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Theatre Nurse & Operating Department Practitioner

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Profession
Operating department practitioner
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
27 May 2025
Contract Type
Fixed term: 2 years (Possibility to extend)
Posted Date
11 May 2025

Job overview

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is looking to attract high quality Theatre Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners.

The Westmorland General Hospital Theatres in Kendal are currently being upgraded and expanding,  we are looking to recruit to extend the services we provide in state of the art facilities.

We are looking for theatre practitioners to work within either are Scrub and Recovery team.

The specialities undertaken at WGH include Orthopaedics, Urology, Ophthalmology, General, Breast surgery, Max-Fax, Gynae, and ENT.

Main duties of the job

  • Able to actively assess, plan, implement & evaluate patient care with the multidisciplinary team, incorporating the whole of the patients’ pathway.
  • Aware of the structure and organisation of the NHS and regulatory body’s code of practice implementing this into nursing practice.
  • Participate in Clinical Governance by participating in auditing effectiveness of practice and incorporating findings. · Act as mentor or assessor in supervising and teaching of junior staff and unregistered staff.
  • Act as shift leader or manage a team in the absence of the Ward/Dept Manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/