Bank Registered Theatre Practitioner | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a dedicated Theatre Practitioner/ ODP wanting to work in the South West’s largest hospitals with full flexibility? Join North Bristol Trust & University Hospitals Bristol & Weston’s Collaborative Bank and enjoy a rewarding, flexible nursing career tailored to your needs.

Why join us?

• Valued Team Membership: As a Bank Theatre Practitioner with us, you’ll be a respected member of our team, with access to exceptional benefits including the NHS Pension scheme, paid mandatory and statutory training, and full induction support.
• Flexible Working Patterns: Choose shifts that fit your lifestyle, including earlies, lates, long days, and nights, with competitive pay rates and holiday pay. Enjoy the freedom to work without rigid hours.
• Diverse Experience: Work across multiple disciplines and specialties, broadening your clinical skills and experience in a supportive environment.
• State-of-the-Art Facilities: Opportunity to work in award-winning settings like the Brunel building.
• Additional Perks: Receive free uniforms, training opportunities, and pay incentives.
• Convenience and Regular Work: Benefit from long and short-term placements that offer flexibility, along with the team spirit and friendly atmosphere of a permanent role.

If you’re a dedicated individual committed to delivering outstanding care but want flexibility to align with your circumstances, our collaborative bank offers the perfect solution. Apply now and take the next step in your nursing career.

As a Bank Theatre Practitioner, you will increase your skill set by working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver all aspects of patient care. Your main duties will include:

• Participate in all aspects of clinical operating department work.
• Provide a high standard of patient care and safety in accordance with the NBT & UHBW philosophy and objectives, policies and legal requirements.
• Ensure duties are carried out in accordance with the advisory guidelines and practice set out in the NMC/ HCPC code of conduct.
• Be responsible for assessment, planning, provision, maintenance and evaluation of patient care.
• Act as a role model, showing evidence of the specialist skills and knowledge that will enable you to deliver prescribed treatment and care for patients in an individual and sensitive manner.
• In the absence of a senior member of staff you will take charge of the clinical area.
• Liaise with the multidisciplinary team to ensure care is provided in a co–ordinated and collaborative manner.

Successful applicants for this role will:

• Hold RN or ODP Registration with current licence to practice.
• Have experience working in a perioperative environment within the last 18-24 months.
• Have a drive to work hard, enthusiasm and the ability to commit to a two week induction programme if successful.
• Have Right to Work in the UK (with relevant Adaptation/ONP if applicable).

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 people, providing healthcare to Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset from our award-winning Southmead hospital. We are a regional Major Trauma Centre and a globally recognized centre of excellence in many specialties. Our vision is to empower our teams to deliver exceptional, personalized healthcare. We treat every patient with respect and dignity, aiming for excellent outcomes and a first-class experience.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the country’s largest acute Trusts, with over 13,000 staff delivering 100 clinical services across 10 sites, serving 500,000 people in South West England. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, UHBW is proud to provide excellent care to Bristol, Weston, and beyond. As a multi-award-winning, digitally advanced Trust, our cutting-edge research and innovation make a positive local and global impact. With hospitals in both city and coastal locations, staff enjoy the best of urban life and nearby countryside or seaside.

Both organisations value diversity and are committed to building an inclusive team representing various backgrounds and perspectives and safeguarding vulnerable groups. Anonymous application data helps us uphold these commitments. Applicants from all underrepresented groups are welcome.

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

Be competent in all aspects of the theatre practitioner role within the scope of either anaesthetics, scrub or recovery. Run theatre lists both efficiently and competently following policies and procedures. Participate in all safety procedures including safety briefings and WHIO Safer Surgery checklist, swab needle and instrument counts, management of clinical specimens etc. To contribute to effective patient flow by actively progressing patient treatment and safe and timely discharge or transfer. To communicate effectively (and maintain confidentiality) with patient carers and the multidisciplinary team. To give written and verbal advice and information to patients and carers. Work as a skilled member of the perioperative team and be responsible for the assessment of care given to patients within the operating theatre and other areas where an anaesthetic service is required. Take responsibility in ensuring the safe, effective and efficient management of allocated resources within the department including assisting with the planning of daily allocation of team members. Be responsible for the care and maintenance of all instrumentation, equipment and consumable goods within your designated area. This responsibility will extend to all areas of the service and to inform the appropriate person of any stock/equipment requirements. Take appropriate action in regards to faulty equipment as per Trust policy and participate in the ordering and training of new equipment. Ensure that the department is clean at all times clean and organised with sufficient supplies and equipment which are correctly cleaned, in working order and correctly stored. Supervise the work of junior and unqualified colleagues in the assessment of patients and advise appropriately, providing specialist knowledge in assessing and interpreting acute and other patients conditions. Support Theatre Managers in developing and reviewing policies and standards for the safe use of equipment and substances hazardous to health in the department.