University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Theatre Practitioner - Hand Day Case Unit
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About the Role
We are looking for a Registered Operating Department Practitioner or Registered Nurse to join our Hand Day Case Unit within the Kings Treatment Centre at the Royal Derby Hospital. You will ideally have Hand surgery experience, but this is not essential as training will be given.
The Hand Day Case suite is comprised of 3 operating theatres, a recovery area and an 8 bedded ward within a day case setting offering all aspects of hand surgery including orthopaedics, trauma, micro vascular and plastic surgery.
Responsibilities
The successful candidates will become integral to the multidisciplinary team in a busy and supportive environment, and will be able to confidently assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
Key Responsibilities
- Work within our multidisciplinary team providing high quality, individualised, perioperative patient care within the remit of Trust policies and procedures, with an opportunity to develop and extend skills across a variety of hand surgery specialities.
- Maintain their professional/essential development within the scope of their individual appraisal and according to service needs.
- Support/mentor a wide variety of learners as appropriate.
- Have a Hands on call commitment for evenings and weekends.
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About You
If you are passionate about shaping and developing the patient care of the future and excited about working within a fast-moving, forward-thinking environment, then this would be the ideal position for you. We welcome applications from all motivated and dedicated individuals.
What We Offer
- Yearly mandatory training
- In-house training
- Brilliant Clinical Education Team
- 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: 20th July 2026
- Interview Date: 3rd August 2026
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Liz Ward
- Job Title: Lead Practitioner
- Email Address: elizabeth.ward2@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01332 788599
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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