Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetics
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B4 6NHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
We are looking to recruit Band 5 Anaesthetic Practitioners to join our dedicated theatre team here at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This is an excit...
The Children's Hospital theatres are an exciting place to work; full of challenges, development opportunities and delivers great job satisfaction within a supportive and enjoyable environment.
With any role within the Children's Hospital , all practitioners are supported by our Theatre Leads, Mangers and the Education team on their journey. This is in addition to The Birmingham Children's Hospital dedicated Education team. The successful potholder will have exciting opportunities for career growth and development, and our focus is on providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development. We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential: - NMC Registered Nurse OR HCPC Registered ODP; - BSc or Diploma in Nursing or operating Department Practice or Equivalent
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential: - Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing and/or operating department practice
Desirable: - Experience of post-registration operating department practice or current clinical nursing experience; - Evidence of supervising and assessing students
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing acute environment
- Able to use own professional judgement to make clinical decisions about Patient's condition and the level of care required.
- Able to appropriately analyse patient's condition to ensure smooth transfer of care back to the ward.
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work well independently and as part of a team
- Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care
- Able to work flexibly to meet service including weekend and late shifts
- Participate in specialty on calls as required
- Able to plan and prioritise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care for children and young people
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential: - Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion; - Demonstrate conduct and behaviors in keeping with the NMC Code/ HCPC regulations
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First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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