Theatre Recovery Practitioner | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7608327/287-ASUR-226-25 |
Summary
Theatre Recovery Practitioner
Band 5
Permanent
37.5 hours per week plus on call commitment
Aintree site has 20 operating theatres across four departments which cover a wide variety of surgical specialties. Liverpool University Foundation Hospital is part of the Major Trauma Centre Collaborative (MTCC), a partnership between Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and is the regional Major Trauma Centre for the North West, providing the full range of services and clinical expertise for patients who are severely injured from all areas of the region.
The departments include:
• Main A theatre consisting of 7 Theatres, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait
• Main B Theatre consisting of 5 Theatres, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait
• Main C Theatre, Recovery and Surgical Forward Wait are Elective Care Centre Theatres – consisting of 4 Theatres, 2 Treatment Rooms, Recovery, Day Ward and Surgical Forward Wait
**Please note,this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received**
Working as a Recovery Practitioner you will be required to function effectively as a member of the peri-operative team to ensure the provision and development of an efficient and high quality surgical service. You will assist in developing high standards of clinical practice in relation to post-operative care. You will need to deliver a holistic care package which is current, evidence based and effective and ensure that recovery criteria is adhered to before discharging patients.
Opportunities are available to rotate between Recovery areas as we aim to develop a multi-skilled workforce. With an excellent senior experienced recovery team and education team on board, we are able to offer a supportive learning and development opportunity for all staff. We also offer a bespoke preceptorship programme and in-house training from our theatre education team and staff as well as degree level modules.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Clinical
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs.
• Plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs.
• Supervise and support other team members within their remit.
• Collect, collate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Treat all information regarding patients and clients as confidential and use it only for the purpose for which it was given.
• Where possible involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Work collaboratively/co-operatively and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary
teams/others to meet the needs of patients in theatre and recovery, and their family/carers.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent, critical and emergency situations.
• Seek/act on advice from recovery team leader/speciality leader, or relevant other.
Leadership/Management
• Act as an effective role model,
• Supervise others and participate in their education, training and development.
• Contribute to the development of services.
• Assist in individual performance reviews and personal development plans.
• Contribute to the effective use of physical and financial resources.
• Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
• Co-ordinate the recovery team in providing care delivery where appropriate
This advert closes on Monday 12 Jan 2026