Staff Nurse​/Operating Department Practitioner; Recovery AA

Overview

Are you ready for a change and would like to develop your skills in a new direction? Would you like to try one to one nursing?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic, motivated Staff Nurses/ODP’s to join our team in the Theatre Recovery Area. Specialities include:
Emergency (CEPOD), Orthopaedic Trauma, ENT, Max Fax, General, Ophthalmology, Gynae, Vascular, Urology, Dental and Robotic assisted Surgery.

You will work alongside a dedicated, supportive friendly team, who provide high standards of care and work cohesively as a team. Recovery can be an intense fast paced environment where every day offers new challenges and learning opportunities.

This post involves the immediate post operative/anaesthetic care of both adults and children in a busy theatre environment. The successful applicant will ideally have experience in caring for surgical and acutely ill patients and be able to deal with clinical emergencies.

Recovery nursing involves the care of the unconscious patient with airway adjuncts, pain management, invasive monitoring and management of post theatre complications in a one-to-one nurse/patient environment.

Recovery nursing involves the care of the unconscious patient with airway adjuncts, pain management, invasive monitoring and management of post theatre complications in a one-to-one nurse/patient environment.

If successful, you will receive a comprehensive 6-month orientation programme and will be allocated a mentor. Advanced airway management skills will be taught by Anaesthetists and Senior Recovery Practitioners.

The post will allow you to develop many extended roles and intensive nursing skills in this very interesting and varied job.

The Recovery Area has a very successful in-service training programme and gives you the opportunity to be taught by anaesthetists, surgeons, and clinical experts.

Hours will be worked to meet the needs of the service which may include day, night and weekend shifts, if this is required.

Please note as this a part time post salary is pro rata (if applicable). As from 1/4/2026, the Agenda for Change full‑time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro‑rata. Please note that the pay scale in this advert will not be changing as a result.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.

We would welcome any enquiries for this exciting post to SCN Emery Ext 29101 or Malcolm Daglish ext. 20097.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. As part of the pre‑employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK.

It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre‑settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the  website.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’.

Further information on these criteria can be found here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored before submitting your application form.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neuro‑divergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.