Theatre Practitioner

General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery is an exciting and developing specialty. The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is a leading provider within the UK and Europe, performing Minimal Invasive Oesophagectomies, Major Colorectal and thoracic procedures, including Robotic surgery.

As a Registered Nurse/ODP, you would have the opportunity to join a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic team.

If you are looking for a new challenge and have an interest in 1.1 Patient Care within the Operating Theatre, then this is the job for you. Please contact us for an informal visit or to find out further information

The successful candidate will pride themselves on having a passion on delivering excellent patient centered care on their Peri-Operative pathway.

You will work as a competent member of the team, supporting the philosophy of multi-skilling and integration of theatre personnel.

Be an accountable practitioner, taking every opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence in all aspects of peri-operative care.

You will also support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• Work as an competent practitioner, contributing to the development of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring the most effective utilisation of resources.
• Undertake a full range of theatre duties appropriate to the specialty by providing skilled assistance in the anaesthetic and surgical role.
• Support and encourage the concept of team working and development of trust, integrity, honesty and sharing within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in appraisals and continuous assessments, and act as a facilitator for junior members of staff.
• Liaise with members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team, all hospital departments and statutory and voluntary agencies in the community so that patients may receive comprehensive integrated care.
• Participate in implementing, evaluating and improving standards and the development of research based practice.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.