Theatre Practitioner (Recovery)

We're looking for a skilled and compassionate Theatre Practitioner (Recovery) to join our busy theatres team. Working within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU), you'll play a vital role in supporting patients through the immediate post-operative period, ensuring their safety, comfort and wellbeing at a critical stage of their surgical journey. As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you'll deliver high-quality, patient-centred care while working closely with anaesthetists, surgeons and ward teams. This is a great opportunity for a recovery practitioner who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to maintaining the highest clinical standards. As our Theatre Practitioner (Recovery), you will be:

• Delivering safe, effective and compassionate care to patients within the recovery area.
• Assessing, monitoring and supporting patients throughout the post-anaesthetic recovery period.
• Ensuring effective handover from anaesthetics and theatre teams and onward handover to wards.
• Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration, including emergency situations and resuscitation.
• Managing airway support, pain control, observations and IV therapies in line with best practice.
• Maintaining a clean, safe and well-equipped recovery environment.
• Supporting infection prevention and control standards within the department.
• Accurately recording clinical interventions, medications and patient information.
• Contributing to stock control, equipment checks and reporting maintenance issues.
• Participating in audit, education, supervision and ongoing service improvement.
  
  Relevant post-registration experience in recovery, anaesthetics or critical care (ITU)
• Up-to-date clinical knowledge of anaesthetics, analgesia, emergency drugs and airway management
• Confidence in recognising and responding to deteriorating patients, including extubation and resuscitation
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• A calm, organised approach and the ability to work well under pressure
• A flexible and positive attitude
  
  A salary of up to £46,801 depending on your skills and experience
• Work 37.5 hours over 4 days
• No on-call, no night work or working on bank holidays
• A clear career path with lots of exciting options
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• 25 days holiday increasing with service up to a maximum of 29 days plus bank holidays
• Mandatory training through our excellent in-house education programme, Award winning ED&I programme
Free access to Reward Gateway discount scheme Access to private health insurance Wide range of 'time away from work' allowances Extensive career development and training opportunitiesTraining & Development Tailored CPD training delivered via our bespoke Learning Management System. Extensive training courses accessible via Practice Plus Group Skills Academy. Great development and career progression opportunities. Since working for Practice Plus Group I have had a vast amount of opportunities and education which has further developed my knowledge and skills as a nurse.