University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Theatre Practitioner
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Senior Theatre Practitioner
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton's Women and Children's Theatres at the Royal Derby Hospital are looking for a Senior Theatre Practitioner with a high level of professionalism to help develop our wide ranging Theatre service.
About the Role
Within our Theatres we cover all Gynae procedures including oncology, fertility and termination of pregnancy, Elective and Emergency Obstetric and Breast surgery. In our Children's Theatres we cover 10 specialities including General, Orthopaedic, ENT, Dental, Hands, OMF, Ophthalmic, MRI and Endoscopy.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute clinically and managerially across the Women's and Children's Theatre Suite consisting of 2 Gynae, 1 Elective Obstetric, 2 Emergency Obstetric, 1 Breast and 2 Paediatric theatres. The successful candidate will also either be qualified as a cell salvage operator or would be expected to undertake the training. Skills in anaesthetics is desirable but not essential, an interest in completing the anaesthetic training course would be welcomed.
Candidate should hold a recognised teaching / assessing qualification.
The successful candidate will be an integral part of the MDT and should have considerable theatre experience, be able to confidently assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care, communicate effectively with other members of the MDT and support junior staff. You must show enthusiastic leadership skills and the ability to act as a Line Manager.
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The role will involve the successful candidate to assess, plan, implement and evaluate surgical and anaesthetic care, in a safe caring environment in which to meet the patient’s needs, maintaining their dignity throughout the total episode of care. Provide individualised care, acting as the patient’s advocate in all matters relating to care given in a multidisciplinary environment, within agreed policies and procedures.
Demonstrate leadership that will encourage and promote effective teamwork, provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care, whilst actively supporting and when required deputising for the Lead practitioner in the management of the healthcare environment.
Support innovative clinical practice, and contribute to implementing policies based on National and local strategies for health care.
Key Facts
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Application Details
Closing date of applications: 20th October 2026
Interview date: 3th November 2026
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Deana Garland
- Job title: Lead Practitioner
- Email address: deana.garland@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01332 785436
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