Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 408-25-152
- Employer
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Arrowe Park Hospital
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetics
Band 5
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Job overview
Wirral University Teaching Hospital is seeking to recruit an Operating Department Practitioner or Registered Nurse to join our dynamic theatre department.
The post holders will need to be able to work as part of the multidisciplinary team helping to provide our patients with the highest level of care as well as being able to work as an individual practitioner.
Applicants must be committed to delivering high quality patient focused care and have excellent interpersonal skills.
*This is not a training post, the applicant must hold a recognised qualification in anaesthetics*
Main duties of the job
Our trust has 24 theatres over two sites providing elective services in Ophthalmic, Upper GI, Colorectal, Orthopaedics, ENT, Vascular, Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Paediatrics, as well as Emergency surgery and Orthopaedic trauma service. Our dedicated teams cover satellite areas such as interventional radiology, A&E, MRI and ECT. We also provide pioneering treatment with our Da Vinci robot.
The posts will be full time, predominantly based at our Arrowe Park site, although the successful applicants will have the opportunity to rotate through various theatre specialities and will undertake cross site working. We currently have vacancies for anaesthetic practitioners, covering both in and out of hours care.
Applicants must be committed to delivering high quality patient focused care and have excellent interpersonal skills.
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
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Theatre Practitioner position available at WUTH.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others
- 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
- To act up in the absence of team leader
- Assist in the development of policies, protocols, and guidelines
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practice
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues
- Adhere to Trust policies and procedures
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues
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
- Ability to identify own learning requirements
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
- Catherine Beale
- Job title
- Speciality Lead - Anaesthetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 678 5111
- Additional information
Internal Ext; 2688
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