Interventional Radiology ODP

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

The closing date is 01 May 2025

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Job summary

Interventional Radiology ODP

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

Salary: £29,970 - £44,962 (Dependant on experience)

Closing Date: 1st May 2025

Interview Date: 15th May 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Radiology Department currently has a vacancy for an Interventional Radiology Operating Department Practitioner.

We are looking for a fully qualified and HCPC registered ODP to join a high performing Interventional Radiology service which is modernising and forward thinking in its approach to patient care and service delivery. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their career and skills within this imaging specialty, delivering the highest standards of care during diagnostic investigations and therapeutic interventions.

Main duties of the job

The position requires working in a small multidisciplinary team of Radiographers, Consultant Radiologists, Assistant Practitioners and Radiology Department Assistants. The role includes working as scrub assistant for sterile interventional procedures and as a circulating practitioner for recording patients' observations, administration of drugs, managing patient care and providing expertise in anaesthetics and post-operative recovery.

The role will involve working closely with the current IR team to provide highly specialised patient care for patients undergoingangiography, angioplasty, and other diagnostic and interventional procedures.

The successful candidate is also expected to participate in enhanced practice, with a Radiographer led PICC service which commenced in 2022, and other extended scope services planned.

Providing relevant data for audit may also be required, as will being responsible for ordering of routine and ad-hoc stock and undertaking audits within IR, presenting findings at the UEC governance meetings.The successful candidate will demonstrate a high degree of professionalism, enthusiasm and team working ability, as well as being able to establish and maintain good working relationships with the IR team and wider department, directorate and hospital. You will have good communication skills, be flexible and self-motivated.

Theprospective candidate will be working with a state-of-the-art Philips Azurion Gen 3, due for completion in June 2025.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquility garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £44,962 a year Dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

230-45571826-UEC-A

Job locations

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist care and support to all patients and users of the Radiology service primarily within interventional radiology (elective and emergency procedures) ensuring dignity and privacy
To ensure the maintenance of a high quality patient focussed care at all times through the effective leadership, management of staff and resources
To provide effective leadership and to act as a good role model, working with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and co-ordinate all aspects of care in the best interests of the patient and family
To provide supervision, support and education to qualified and unqualified staff
To promote the role of the operating department practitioner
To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate all aspects of patient care
To liaise and work closely with the person taking continuing responsibility for the IR suite
To accept personal responsibility and accountability for infection prevention and control practice

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist care and support to all patients and users of the Radiology service primarily within interventional radiology (elective and emergency procedures) ensuring dignity and privacy
To ensure the maintenance of a high quality patient focussed care at all times through the effective leadership, management of staff and resources
To provide effective leadership and to act as a good role model, working with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and co-ordinate all aspects of care in the best interests of the patient and family
To provide supervision, support and education to qualified and unqualified staff
To promote the role of the operating department practitioner
To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate all aspects of patient care
To liaise and work closely with the person taking continuing responsibility for the IR suite
To accept personal responsibility and accountability for infection prevention and control practice

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Band 6 experience within the perioperative environment
Registered ODP with the HCPC
Scrub trained
Experienced recovery practitioner
NHS experience

Desirable

Experience of clinical audit
Ability to lead a team
Good organisational skills
Interventional Radiology experience
Cannulation/Vasular access skills

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Band 6 experience within the perioperative environment
Registered ODP with the HCPC
Scrub trained
Experienced recovery practitioner
NHS experience

Desirable

Experience of clinical audit
Ability to lead a team
Good organisational skills
Interventional Radiology experience
Cannulation/Vasular access skills

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).