Deadline: 02 December 2025
Band: Band 5
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year £29,970 – £36,483 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Job summary
The successful applicant must show a commitment to high quality patient care and excellent team work along with a genuine interest in the care of patients undergoing invasive procedures. It will also be required to work in partnership with other teams within the Theatre Central cluster, supporting staff, students, patients and relatives.
Children’s Theatres currently has 3 Theatres, day of surgery admissions, a recovery /discharge area, and preoperative assessment. We are situated on level 2 within Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Specialities covered within Children’s Theatres include Urology, ENT, Plastics, Maxillo-facial, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, community dental, Ophthalmology, etc. A mixture of day case, in-patient, elective and emergency work is undertaken within the unit.
Plymouth Hospitals is a large acute trust in the Southwest of England, situated on the Devon and Cornwall border and provides perioperative care for elective and emergency patients across the region. The hospital is a designated Trauma Centre and tertiary referral centre for Neurological and Cardiac patients. The trust is a teaching hospital with close links to the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Plymouth.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and ‘At Risk’ status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification***
Main duties of the job
- Provides high quality care to patients and their families during the perioperative period
- Act as Practitioner in charge, in the absence of the Team Leader
- Demonstrates a commitment to evidence-based practise and clinical excellence
- Assist with projects to develop and enhance patient care.
- Assists in other clinical areas and speciality theatres
- Attend relevant meetings and deliver feedback
- To develop and achieve objectives identified through continuing appraisal of job role
- To develop appraisal skills and carry out appraisals and personal development plan for non-registered practitioners
- Report and manage untoward incidents as detailed in Trust policies and procedures
- Contributing towards maintaining the set standard of clinical practise. Participating in audit and quality monitoring
- Managing the clinical risk relating to individuals or a group of patients care, reporting issues to appropriate senior staff
- Efficient and effective use of available resources
- In exceptional circumstances to take charge in the absence of senior staff
- Maintain active NMC/HPC registration
- Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oRN/ODP training completed.
- oProven evidence of recent CPD knowledge and ability to apply evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- oDemonstrable experience of perioperative care.
- oCompleted a Preceptorship programme.
Qualifications
Essential
- oNMC Registered Nurse
- oHCPC registered ODP
Desirable
- oBasic computer skills (ECDL).
- oRelevant theatre based course e.g. HEA 362.
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care and act accordingly.
- oAppraisal skills.
Desirable
- oDemonstrate awareness of financial constraints.
- oMethodical and organised.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
