Job Summary
*Please note that this is a part time post at 28.5 hours per week*
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our obstetric & gynaecology theatre team. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high quality perioperative care to our patients.
Main duties of the job
Our obstetric & gynaecology theatre service are looking for a motivated, innovative, and patient focused theatre practitioner to join our team.
We are looking to complete a workforce that are dynamic thinkers, have the patients' best interests at heart and can work in Urology and robotic theatres.
This is a post for a perioperative practitioner, learning and embedding the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to participate as an active team member in scrub.
Whilst acquiring the specialist skills they will act as support within the peri-operative environment. The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care needs in the perioperative environment and during transfers.
They will work collaboratively and co-cooperatively with others to meet the care needs of the patients.
About Us
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.
Date posted
06 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
408-25-157
Job locations
Arrowe Park Hosptial
Arrowe Park Road, Upton
Wirral
CH49 5PE
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Theatre Practitioner position available at WUTH.
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Theatre Practitioner position available at WUTH.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes Essential
- Value and respect all individuals by actively adopting the core trust values and behaviours
- Self-Motivated
- Ability to identify own learning requirements
- Desire to develop personally and professionally
Knowledge and Skills Essential
- 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
- 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
- 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
Other Requirements Essential
- Participate in the department rota including out of hours working, undertaking cross site working.
Person Specification Personal Attributes Essential
- Value and respect all individuals by actively adopting the core trust values and behaviours
- Self-Motivated
- Ability to identify own learning requirements
- Desire to develop personally and professionally
Knowledge and Skills Essential
- 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
- 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
- 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
Other Requirements Essential
- Participate in the department rota including out of hours working, undertaking cross site working.
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).
Additional information 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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Arrowe Park Hosptial
Arrowe Park Road, Upton
Wirral
CH49 5PE
Employer's website
https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
