Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Theatre Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: & 1 Fixed Term for 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7 shifts includng lates, weekends, nights and on call.)
- Job ref
- 387-W&C2912-HN
- Employer
- Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Theatre Practitioner
Band 6
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Job overview
Senior Theatre Practitioners – Coastguard and Horizon Theatres
One Full Time Permenant position; Anaesthetics essential
One Full Time 12 months fixed term/secondment oppurtunity to cover surgical specilaties
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the theatre team at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children as a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP/RCN/RN)
The post holder will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role.
They will share the trust values and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children is the South West’s regional paediatric major trauma centre with a state-of-the-art operating theatre complex & post-operative recovery facilities. We have 9 theatres covering 18 specialities including Cardiac, Neuro, Trauma, Burns, CEPOD and Plastics.
The post holders will have at least two years of experience within the specialist field and will have experience in at least two peri-operative modalities , scrub/recovery or anaesthetics along with the skills to lead & support the multidisciplinary team within theatres, promoting high quality efficient peri operative patient care.
These position's will cover anaesthetic and surgical specialities as well having in charge responsibilities and coordinating within the department.
All posts will require 24/7 cover including weekends, late's, nights and on calls
Main duties of the job
You will provide integrated clinical leadership and line management responsibilties to a team of Nurses, ODP’s and HCSW's and theatre support staff, creating an environment that produces & delivers the highest possible standards of patient care.
As senior theatre practitioner you will assume responsibility for the operational management of staff & resources, taking a lead in a specific aspect of operational management in the Theatre setting, including being in charge and deputising for the B7 leads and working with the matron
You will support & empower staff to develop high levels of clinical skills & autonomy.
We are a department with a strong philosophy of care, & our education team offer an excellent local orientation programme & support structure.
These are exciting opportunities enabling you to join a department which is now the largest specialist paediatric centre in the Southwest region.
If you have any questions or queries, please contact
Tim Rossiter 0117 342 8583 [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Public Sector Language Competency
Essential criteria
- Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate post registration experience in Theatre practice
- Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
- Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
- Experience as preceptor / mentor
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
- Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Organisation and management skills
- Teaching
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to problem solve
- Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
- Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
- Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication
- Ability to lead a team
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to manage difficult situations
- Able to influence other team members
- Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
- Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
- Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
- Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
- Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
- General good health
- Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times.
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN.1st Level or relevant children’s qualification / HCPC Diploma in Operating department practice
- Current HCPC / NMC Registration Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring
- 1st Degree in Theatre practice or health related subject or working towards
- Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tim Rossiter
- Job title
- Theatre Speciality & Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0117 342 8232
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