Theatre Practitioner - Recovery

Job overview

As part of a continuing recruitment plan, we are looking for dynamic and proactive staff to join our team to maintain the delivery of safe, high quality, patient-focused care within our Gynaecology and Obstetrics theatres. Therefore an exciting opportunity has arisen for theatre practitioners  to take on a roles at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

We are looking for  forward thinking and highly motivated practitioners, who are able to demonstrate good time management skills, you will also need to possess good communication skill (verbal, written & electronic) and have the ability to work as part of a cohesive team.

Liverpool Women's Hospital does great things every day; do you want to be part of something special? If you are interested and would like to come and meet our team, we would be happy to arrange an informal visit. This post is suitable for registered staff – RGN and ODP, newly qualified and experienced and you must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will be primarily recovery however the candidate will be expected if ODP trained to be multi-skilled and work across anaesthetics or scrub additionally.

Main duties of the job

To perform as safe and competent clinical members of the team in theatre  and to provide specialised holistic care for the peri-operative patient.

Contribute to an effective, motivated and competent workforce and ensure that high quality standards are maintained and developed.

Ensure the cleanliness of all the Operating Theatre areas and equipment at all times.

Prepare the Operating Theatre prior to and following operative procedures.

Participate in out-of-hours on-call rota as required.

Perform other duties as reasonably required to assist in the smooth running of the Operating Department.

Be responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies.

Maintain a broad understanding of the work of the Clinical Support Services and the Trust as a whole and actively contribute your ideas for the improvement of service provision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For information regarding full duties, responsibilities and a detailed job description please see attached documentation.

The role advertised has an on-call requirement, this will only be applicable if there is a shortfall of out of hours staff.

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust operates an On-Call service to ensure continuous, safe care for patients at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Staff members who are required to participate in the On-Call rota must be able to attend the hospital within 30 minutes of being called and therefore must live within a travel distance that allows them to reach the hospital within a 30-minute journey time.

Where this is not possible, individuals may make alternative arrangements to ensure compliance with the 30-minute requirement, for example temporarily staying with a friend, family member, or in other suitable accommodation located within close proximity to the hospital,  any such arrangements would be at the individual’s own expense.