Day Surgery Practitioner | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7711585/432-HR1086-25 |
Summary
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated ODP or anaesthetic nurse, who is passionate about the care of patients to join Raedwald Day Surgery Unit at Ipswich Hospital.
This role will be based mainly in an anaesthetic role, but there will also be opportunity to scrub. There will be expectation to learn and work in recovery and/or on the day surgery ward.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly team who are motivated in promoting the delivery of patient-centred, clinically effective and dynamic service to our patients. The role will be in the orthopaedic theatre, but you would be working in all specialities.
Raedwald day surgery is a purpose built unit consisting of 4 operating theatres, covering different specialities including urology, ENT, orthopaedic, oral, paediatric, ophthalmology, breast, vascular, pain, gynae and plastics. There are 24 adult cubicles, 7 children’s cubicles and a post anaesthetic recovery area. The team are dedicated to facilitate same day discharge of elective surgery patients on the unit.
The unit is open Monday –Saturday 7.15am until 8pm. There are no night shifts and Saturday working is a 1 in 4 ratio. We are closed on Sundays and bank holidays.
If successful, you will gain knowledge and experience in both adult and paediatric elective day surgery. You will be supported to complete both ILS and PILS.
The day surgery unit are happy to accommodate informal discussions and visits if you would like more information before applying.
• To provide clinically effective, high quality, individualized peri-operative patient care working within the multi-disciplinary team
• To deliver patient care throughput the peri-operative pathway to include patient escort, anaesthetic care, scrubbing for surgical procedures, post anaesthetic recovery, ward and nurse led discharge
• To promote a safe and attractive working environment that is conducive to learning.
• To contribute to the continuing development of peri-operative and professional practice ensuring practice is evidence based.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026