Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetic and Recovery / Scrub

Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetic and Recovery / Scrub | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Company: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Hours: Part-time

Location: BLACKBURN, BB2 3HH

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 9 Sept 2026

Closing date: 9 Oct 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, committed, hardworking, and highly motivated Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioners to join our family of dedicated Theatre Practitioners. Your base for the role will predominantly be at The Royal Blackburn Hospital.

However, cross-site working will be an expectation, as the service need occurs.

We have 11 theatres at the Royal Blackburn site and 17 at Burnley General, and together we carry out a wide range of both elective and emergency surgery through many specialties including: Gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, vascular, colorectal, HPB, Urology, orthopaedics, trauma, ENT, maxillofacial including ground-breaking complex head and neck reconstructive surgery and robotic-assisted surgery.

We are a university teaching trust; experience is not essential, as training will be given. We have a comprehensive training package, we invest and develop our workforce, and you will be supported by a team of dedicated Practice Educators.

We encourage innovation. ELHT already has the largest and most comprehensive programme of robot-assisted surgery in the northwest, with the region's leading surgeons removing head and neck, urological, and colorectal cancers at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. A second robot has been installed at Burnley General Teaching Hospital, allowing surgeons to perform robot-assisted surgery for gynaecological/urological cancers. The extra capacity will also allow ELHT to perform more robot-assisted surgeries, which will eventually include Hepato-biliary cancers.

Our aim is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal, and effective care, by putting safety and quality at the heart of all we do. The 2019 staff survey results show East Lancashire Hospitals score higher than the national average for 9 of the survey's 11 key themes, including health & wellbeing, quality of care, morale, quality of appraisals, safety culture, staff engagement, and team working.

We require committed, motivated, hardworking individuals to work in our theatres. You will be required to show flexibility in your approach to the role and have excellent time management and communication skills. We also expect all applicants to be dedicated to their role and to enhance their knowledge and skills. This post includes participation in late duties, weekend, and night rotation. Duties include providing expert standards of care to patients, maintaining a safe environment for all, and completing accurate and clear documentation. The roles currently advertised are for anaesthetics and recovery nurses / ODPs.

This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

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We require a committed, motivated, hardworking individuals to work in our theatres. You will be required to show flexibility in your approach to the role and have excellent time management and communication skills. We also expect all applicants to be dedicated to their role and enhance their knowledge and skills. This post does include participation in late duties, weekend and night rotation. Duties Include; providing expert standards of care to patients, maintaining a safe environment for all, completing accurate and clear documentation. The roles that are currently advertised are for anaesthetics and recovery nurses / ODP's.

n exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, committed, hardworking, and highly motivated, Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioner to join our family of dedicated Theatre Practitioners. Your base for the role will predominantly be at The Royal Blackburn Hospital

However cross site working will be an expectation, as the service need occurs.

We have 11 theatres at the Royal Blackburn site and 17 at Burnley General and together we carry out a wide range of both elective and emergency surgery through many specialities including: Gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, vascular, colorectal, HPB, Urology, orthopaedics, trauma, ENT, maxillofacial including ground-breaking complex head and neck reconstructive surgery and Robotic assisted Surgery.

We are a university teaching trust, experience is not essential, as training will be given. We have a comprehensive training package, we invest and develop our workforce and you will be supported by a team of dedicated Practice Educators.

We encourage innovation. ELHT already has the largest and most comprehensive programme of robot assisted surgery in the northwest, with the region's leading surgeons removing head and neck, urological and colorectal cancers at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. A second robot has been installed at Burnley General Teaching Hospital allowing surgeons to perform robot assisted surgery for gynaecological/Urological cancers. The extra capacity will also allow ELHT to perform more robot assisted surgery which will eventually include Hepato-biliary cancers.

Our aim is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care, by putting safety and quality at the heart of all we do. The 2019 staff survey results see East Lancashire Hospitals score higher than the national average for 9 of the survey's 11 key themes, including health & wellbeing, quality of care, morale, quality of appraisals, safety culture, staff engagement and team working.