Theatre training

Theatre training for nurses and AHPs 

Within the theatre department, you’ll come across nurses, operating department practitioners and health care support workers. Each profession has different learning requirements and opportunities. 

Theatre nurses/ODPs - scrub:  

• Newly qualified: theatre specific 6 month preceptorship 
• Practice supervisor training 
• Practice assessor training 
• Intermediate and paediatric intermediate life support 
• Professional nurse advocate training 
• Capital Nurse – Qualification in Specialism Peri-operative nursing course 
• Level 6/7 Anaesthetic course
• First Assistant Course
• Management fundamentals 

Recovery nurse/ODPs: 

• Newly qualified: theatre specific 6 month preceptorship 
• Practice supervisor training 
• Practice assessor training 
• Intermediate and paediatric intermediate life support training 
• Advance life support training 
• Professional Nurse Advocate training 
• Recovery course 

Anaesthetic nurses/ODPs: 

• Newly qualified: theatre specific 6 month preceptorship 
• Practice supervisor training 
• Practice assessor training 
• Capital Nurse – Qualification in Specialism Peri-operative nursing course
• Level 6/7 Anaesthetic course 
• Advance life support course 
• Paediatric intermediate life support 
• Professional Nurse Advocate training 
• Multidisciplinary Obstetric and Midwifery Simulation course

POA (Pre-operative assessment) & DSU 

• Professional Nurse Advocate training
• Practice supervisor training 
• Practice assessor training
• Diabetic
• Deteriorating Patient
• ILS

 Health Care Assistants

• Apprentice opportunities
• Promotion to Band 3 to scrub or minor cases

Alongside the above courses, there are also apprentice opportunities, research and quality improvement opportunities and advance practice opportunities.