Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, committed, hardworking, and highly motivated, Registered Nurses or Operating Department Practitioner to join our family of dedicated Theatre Practitioners. Your base for the role will predominantly be at Burnley General Hospital, however cross site working will be an expectation, as the service need occurs.

Main Duties of the Job
We have 11 theatres at the Royal Blackburn site and 17 at Burnley General and together we carry out a wide range of both elective and emergency surgery through many specialities including: Gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, vascular, colorectal, HPB, Urology, orthopaedics, trauma, ENT, maxillofacial including ground-breaking complex head and neck reconstructive surgery and Robotic assisted Surgery.

About Us
We are a university teaching trust, experience is not essential, as training will be given. We have a comprehensive training package, we invest and develop our workforce and you will be supported by a team of dedicated Practice Educators.

We encourage innovation. ELHT already has the largest and most comprehensive programme of robot assisted surgery in the northwest, with the region's leading surgeons removing head and neck, urological and colorectal cancers at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. A second robot has been installed at Burnley General Teaching Hospital allowing surgeons to perform robot assisted surgery for gynaecological/Urological cancers. The extra capacity will also allow ELHT to perform more robot assisted surgery which will eventually include Hepato-biliary cancers.

Our aim is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care, by putting safety and quality at the heart of all we do. The 2019 staff survey results see East Lancashire Hospitals score higher than the national average for 9 of the survey's 11 key themes, including health & wellbeing, quality of care, morale, quality of appraisals, safety culture, staff engagement and team working.

Details
Date posted: 08 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 435-S099-26
Job locations: Burnley General Hospital, Casterton Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2PQ, United Kingdom

Job Responsibilities
We require a committed, motivated, hardworking individual to work in our theatres. You will be required to show flexibility in your approach to the role and have excellent time management and communication skills. We also expect all applicants to be dedicated to their role and enhance their knowledge and skills. This post does include participation in weekend and night rotation. Duties Include; providing expert standards of care to patients, maintaining a safe environment for all, completing accurate and clear documentation, acting as scrub / circulating nurse and or act as anaesthetic /recovery nurse depending on qualification and experience

Person Specification
Attainments

• Essential
• Registered Nurse - 1st or 2nd Level or ODP 752, Level 3/Certificate of Higher Education or Diploma Advanced certificate in operating dept practice
• Able to prioritise workload
• Proven ability to comply with detailed procedures
• Desirable
• Experience of Theatre practice
• Clear and accurate record keeping

Personal Skills

• Essential
• Clear and accurate written/verbal communication
• Able to work the hours required by the need of the service.
• Able to adapt to the changing needs of the service
• Proven ability to work within a team and be an effective member.
• Demonstrate a sympathetic /sensitive approach and to be able to speak effectively to colleagues, staff and patients
• Actively seeks to develop own skills and clinical knowledge
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Able to deal with confidential information in the appropriate manner.
• Desirable
• Electronic Communication
• Have an understanding of team building
• Willingness to undertake future study for own professional development and service needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).