Theatre & Recovery
The operating theatre and recovery room are pinnacle points in our patients’ surgical journey.
Within recovery, we care for all specialities requiring both immediate and extended post anaesthetic care. The recovery area serves all theatres and is the central hub point for the department. The team are dedicated in ensuring that all patients receive the best possible care on their journey through theatres.
As a centre of excellence for many specialities and an area which supports high risk obstetric patients to patients requiring robotic surgery, our recovery team are experts across a variety of specialities.
Be part of our multi disciplinary team.
Why join us in Theatres & Recovery?
One of the largest Divisions within the Trust
With 29 Theatres and an additional 5 opening as an ambulatory suites for patients and the Paediatric complex.
Significant investment in equipment and skills
We’ve continued to develop our innovative robotic surgical services and are on course to become a centre of excellence for robotic surgery.
A fantastic place to develop
We have a dedicated practice and development team giving ample opportunity for you to progress within the department.
No two days are the same
Fast paced, flexibility and variety are central to any role within Theatres, “The 1:1 ratio allows me to feel able to really care for my patients,” says one of our Specialist Nurses.
An energetic and dedicated team
Our team really is the best thing about the department. The teams’ hard work, dedication and passion drive the development of many exciting projects at NNUH. They strive to provide the highest quality care and service, and the best possible experience possible for our patients.
Latest Theatre & Recovery Vacancies
Our Theatres Team
Our Theatres team is one of the most exciting, and largest within the Trust, with 400 staff and 29 theatres including General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Emergency Surgery and Obstetrics.
Further development across the division will see an additional 5 Theatres opening including ambulatory suites for patients requiring plastic and orthopaedic surgery and two, purpose built, Paediatric Theatres in the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital later this year.
Alongside building new facilities to expand the department we have continued to invest heavily in both equipment and skills development for the existing team and their approach to patient care. We recently developed our innovative robotic surgical services and are on course to become a robotic centre of excellence.
It’s a great time to join our Theatres Team with exciting opportunities across a range of roles, in a Trust committed to your professional development and a skilled and supportive team to work alongside you.
Find out more about the opportunities we have available within the team.
