Theatre Practitioner - Paediatrics

Are you a HCPC registered ODP or a first level Registered Nurse with the NMC? Would you like the challenge of scrubbing for complex technical cases within a supportive well led team or providing skilled support to our Anaesthetists? An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Band 5 Theatre Practitioner to strengthen our Paediatric Team, based at the QMC Campus. We practice multi-skilling and are looking to recruit a dynamic Practitioner who wishes to develop their practice in either anaesthetic and/or surgical scrub support. You will be joining a pro-active, dynamic team of nurses and ODP's, who offer the best standards of perioperative care. Every day is different - challenging but rewarding. We pride ourselves on team work, learning and being forward thinking. Expectations are to deliver a high quality service, with patient safety a priority. You should be able to demonstrate effective team working and work to the highest standards of evidence based practice. A sense of humour and pride in your job is essential. We can support you to develop your own practice through exposure to complex techniques quite unique to Emergency anaesthetics/surgery. We offer the anaesthetic course for registered nurses. NUH is a Major Trauma Centre offering fantastic support to a diverse range of students and learners and therefore the successful applicant should either hold or be willing to work towards a level three mentorship qualification. The successful applicant will participate in the current Main Theatre rota which includes out of hours work, nights and weekend shifts. There is a commitment to Bank Holiday work and on-calls For further details / informal visits contact: An informal visit is highly recommended. To arrange this please contact liam.walsh@nuh.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME