Theatre Practitioner / Staff Nurse

Theatre Practitioner – RECOVERY 

Newcastle Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time

Salary will be reviewed at interviewed and will be dependent on experience.

37.5 hours per week

Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you. 
    
As a Theatre Practitioner / ODP in Recovery at our hospital, you’ll be alert, focused, detail-oriented and empathetic. You’re registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. With post-registration experience, you’re a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.   
 
As a Theatre Practitioner in Recovery, you will:  

• Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals 

• Enjoy a varied caseload with state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities  

• Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff  

• Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based  

• Provide compassionate post-operative care, ensuring patients are safe and comfortable during their recovery 

• Participate in maintaining a sterile operating environment and adhering to all safety protocols 

• Collaborate with surgical teams to ensure smooth transitions from theatre to recovery, and interact closely with colleagues on the ward 

• Monitor patients' vital signs and manage their recovery from anaesthesia safely and effectively 

• Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development 

Helping you feel good. 

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you. 

Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital

Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit. We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.