Theatre RGN​/ODP

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The closing date is 26 January 2026

Exciting Career Opportunity - ODP or RGN (Anaesthetics) King's Mill Hospital

We are seeking an enthusiastic Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) or Registered General Nurse (RGN) with an anaesthetic module to join our friendly, highly skilled theatre teams at King's Mill Hospital.

You will be part of a supportive, well-established service that values teamwork, excellence, and patient-centred care within a busy theatre environment.

King's Mill Hospital has 14 modern operating theatres and a dedicated minor operations suite. Our wide-ranging specialties include Obstetrics, Emergency Surgery, Upper GI, Vascular, Breast, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, General and Colorectal Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Gynaecology -- offering excellent opportunities to develop and broaden your skills.

The role includes supporting resuscitation calls, ECT and cardioversion lists, and intra- and inter-hospital transfers.

We are committed to professional development and career progression. You will work closely with the Clinical Education Department Leader to ensure training meets NMC/HCPC standards and that competency packs and skills matrices remain robust and up to date.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive, forward-thinking team where your contribution is valued and development is actively encouraged.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

• Evidence of good communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
• Evidence of effective organisation abilities and supervisory skills

• 1st level NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC registered ODP at either degree or diploma level
• Clear evidence of Continued professional development.
• Anaesthetic module for registered RGN's

• Degree level Registered Nurse
• Evidence of personal and professional development

• Experience in the peri-operative environment
• Mentorship or an equivalent qualification
• Dual role - Anaesthetics and scrub

• Ability to work across sites when necessary
• Ability to contribute to the on-call rota and work unsociable hours
• Adhere to the NMC code or the HCPC conduct, performance, and ethics standard

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata