Operating Department Practitioner​/Anaesthetic Nurse Band 5

Operating Department Practitioner/Anaesthetic Nurse Band 5

Please be advised that the start date for the successful candidate will be into the new financial year (April 2026 onwards). The exact timing will be confirmed at offer stage.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse/Theatre Practitioner/ODP to join the operating theatre team at County Hospital Louth as part of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT). The successful candidates will be expected to rotate into anaesthetics, recovery and scrub to allow flexibility within the service.

Hours will nominally be from 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours Monday to Friday. However, There will be an expectation of travel to other sites within the trust to assist in maintaining safe staffing levels as required.

The Operating Department has 2 Theatres, which currently provide day case services for Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Breast, Gynaecological Day Case, Urology, Maxillo-Facial and Orthopaedic surgery in line with the Recovery phase post COVID.

You will work as part of the Multi-professional theatre team to provide care during the delivery of clinical services. The role requires the planning and delivery of own work load, organising equipment and resources as service demands and in accordance with policies and protocols.

Continuation of professional development is expected through post registration study. The role requires an ability to work on own initiative within the appropriate legal requirements, acts, policies, procedures and guidelines. The role requires a level of autonomy to practice governed by the code of professional conduct.

Theatre experienced ODP/Nurse with a knowledge of health and safety, infection control and moving and handling. The successful applicants must be able to communicate effectively with all members of the multi professional team.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

• Registered ODP or Registered Nurse with Anaesthetic Qualification
• Experience of mentoring students
• Recent experience working in a theatre environment
• Teaching and assessing course

• Knowledge of Health & Safety, Control of Infection and Moving and Handling Policies.
• Experience of working within peri-operative environment
• Ophthalmology experience
• Planning and organisational skills
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all members of the multi-professional team
• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
• Evidence of extended skills

• Must be able to demonstrate commitment to own professional development.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.