# Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-practitioner-in-anaesthetics/8e10c152-cb87-4798-9c55-9fffa742bac5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-practitioner-in-anaesthetics/8e10c152-cb87-4798-9c55-9fffa742bac5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (out of hours and weekend working) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T13:40:37.298Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Anaesthetics_Theatres/Anaesthetics_Theatres-v8384684 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8384684?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit Band 5 Anaesthetic Practitioners to join our dedicated theatre team here at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to develop core skills and gain valuable experiences, working in a specialised centre for paediatric surgery. You will be working within a large multidisciplinary team, across any of our different specialties that we offer here, ranging from complex cardiac surgery to day case procedures. The successful candidate will need to be empathetic, professional and respectful, adhering to our trust values in order to deliver the best possible care to our patients. If you are seeking a new challenge within your career, then this exciting opportunity could be the one for you! As leading tertiary centre, the hospital performs a wide range of acute and specialized paediatric surgery, and has a busy Emergency Department managing 60,000 attendances/year and a 31 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The hospital is a regional designated Trauma Centre and is proposing further service expansions. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent staff experience and is committed to engagement and improvement. ### Main duties of the job The Children's Hospital theatres are an exciting place to work; full of challenges, development opportunities and delivers great job satisfaction within a supportive and enjoyable environment. With any role within the Children's Hospital , all practitioners are supported by our Theatre Leads, Mangers and the Education team on their journey. This is in addition to The Birmingham Children's Hospital dedicated Education team. The successful potholder will have exciting opportunities for career growth and development, and our focus is on providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development. We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse OR HCPC Registered ODP - BSc or Diploma in Nursing with relevant University recognised Anaesthetic Nurse course or operating Department Practice ### OTHER REQUIREMENTS **Essential** - Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion - Demonstrate conduct and behaviors in keeping with the NMC Code/ HCPC regulations ### ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS **Essential** - Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing acute environment - Able to use own professional judgement to make clinical decisions about Patient’s condition and the level of care required. - Able to appropriately analyse patient’s condition to ensure smooth transfer of care back to the ward. ### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing and/or operating department practice **Desirable** - Experience of post-registration operating department practice or current clinical nursing experience - Evidence of supervising and assessing students ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Able to work well independently and as part of a team - Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care - Able to work flexibly to meet service including weekend and late shifts - Participate in specialty on calls as required - Able to plan and prioritise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care for children and young people ## Documents - [theatre practitioner in anaesthetics (pdf, 425.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713905) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.