Pre-Op Practitioner
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Newark, NG24 4DE
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
10 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) looking for an exciting opportunity to expand your skills, influenc...
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Knowledge of and ability to analyse and interpret clinical results.
Qualificaitons
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse or Qualified ODP
- Post-registration qualification or equivalent in physical assessment, interpreting results and history taking or equivalent competency based experience (or willingness to undertake).
- Be computer literate e.g. Word, Excel, etc including ability to use clinical databases as a clinical resource.
Desirable
- Post registration 1st Level Degree.
Further Training
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the acute surgical environment
- Evidence of experience in performing clinical assessment of patients.
Personal attributes/ skills and abilities
Essential
- Self-motivated and effective Practitioner
- Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills
- Proven management skills- effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills, leadership skills, change management skills
- Able to work to deadlines
- Able to manage own workload and delegate tasks appropriately
- Ability to work within a team and independently when required
- Ability to analyse and interpret clinical results
- Ability to act on findings and initiate changes to the patient pathway
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Contracted hours worked on a rota basis
- The post holder will be required to work flexibly across both sites and unsocial hours inclusive of evenings and weekends to meet the demands of the role
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
1 September 2026
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