Job overview

We are excited to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester, scheduled for July 2025. This new facility is a testament to our Trust’s ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated, experienced nurse/ ODP to lead the anaesthetic and recovery team for the new Central Hampshire Elective Orthopaedic Hub, located on the Royal Hampshire County Hospital site in Winchester. 

We are seeking a proactive, enthusiastic and experienced anaesthetic/recovery practitioner who is interested in delivering evidence-based, patient-centred care at what is an exciting time for the service. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is essential to our organisation.

 The post holder will be directly accountable for the care of patients undergoing  surgery within the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre, in relation to patient safety, staffing arrangements, the management of theatre lists, resource use (including supplies and equipment), maintaining professional and clinical standards, line management, staff compliance with policies and procedures, and supporting the teaching and induction of staff to provide an effective learning environment. The post holder will also be expected to provide clinical leadership to staff within the HOC, and wider theatre team. 

Main duties of the job

Excellent team working and communication skills are essential for this role along with a need to establish and maintain good working relationships within the multidisciplinary team and wider services to work collaboratively and co-operatively to enhance quality of care.

The successful candidate will provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members of the multidisciplinary team; they will also be expected to work as an expert clinical practitioner providing through themselves and their clinical area an excellent quality of care to patients and service users.

Working for our organisation

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover, as well as in the care we provide in the community. We provide medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire and specialist services to people across the UK and internationally.