Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 408-25-158
- Employer
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Arrowe Park Hosptial
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Theatre Practitioner - Obstetric & Gynaecology Theatres
Band 5
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our obstetric & gynaecology theatre team. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high quality perioperative care to our patients.
Main duties of the job
Our obstetric & gynaecology theatre service are looking for a motivated, innovative, and patient focused theatre practitioner to join our team.
We are looking to complete a workforce that are dynamic thinkers, have the patients’ best interests at heart and can work in Urology and robotic theatres.
This is a post for a perioperative practitioner, learning and embedding the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to participate as an active team member in scrub.
Whilst acquiring the specialist skills they will act as support within the peri-operative environment. The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care needs in the perioperative environment and during transfers.
They will work collaboratively and co-cooperatively with others to meet the care needs of the patients.
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are seeking:
Surgical Theatre Practitioners - Are you newly qualified, due to qualify or work currently in the operating department?
We are looking for practitioners who can provide skilled perioperative support during the surgical phase of care predominately in obstetric & gynaecology theatre department.
We are looking for enthusiastic team members who provide the highest standards of care, are forward thinking and strive to provide the best experience to patients on their perioperative journey. The potential candidates should be able to work within the multidisciplinary team of the operating theatre and be the patient’s advocate.
In return, we can support practitioners to gain the skills they need to develop both their leadership and clinical journeys.
We are able to offer you education and training (role specific) in:
- Advanced Life Support
- Paediatric Life Support
- Post registration Degree pathways in:
- Healthcare leadership and management
- Perioperative care of the patient
- Care Certification
- Quality Assessment Framework in clinical support activities
- Modern Apprentices - both registered and unregistered
- Masters Level education (course dependent)
- Mentorship
- Preceptorship
The successful candidate will be supported into their new role with a preceptorship pack for new starters, a period of supervised practice for registered practitioners and a local training programme for all staff who start within perioperative medicine.
The directorate is supported by a dedicated perioperative education team who will provide induction, guidance, and support during your career at WUTH.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Theatre Practitioner position available at WUTH.
Person specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practice
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Participate in teaching and developing staff, regularly taking part in learning activities that develop skills and knowledge of self and others
Desirable criteria
- Ensure the effective use of physical and financial resources
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify own learning requirements.
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria
- Adhere to Trust policies and procedures
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
Desirable criteria
- To act up in the absence of team leader
- Assist in the development of policies, protocols, and guidelines
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Value and respect all individuals by actively adopting the core trust values and behaviours
- Self-Motivated
- Desire to develop personally and professionally
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Participate in the department rota including out of hours working, undertaking cross site working.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nathan Ford
- Job title
- Speciality Lead - Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 678 5111
- Additional information
Please ring extension 7199 for more information.
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