Theatre Practitioner

NHS Professionals Limited

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Job summary

University Hospital Southampton are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, passionate, visionary and motivated individual to join our Theatre & Anaesthetic team. You will play an integral role within the team to provide cover for a demand of available shifts for you to choose to fit around you.

Theatre Practitioners are key to the smooth running of each theatre. ODPs will work closely with Scrub Nurse to ensure that everything the Surgeons and Anaesthetists need each day is ready and available.

Are you a Theatre Practitioner / Operating Department Practitioner seeking a new opportunity that can provide you control of your day, time, and location?

Main duties of the job

  • Providing skilled specialist assistance in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care throughout the Operating Department

  • Provides skilled assistance in one or more core areas - scrub, anaesthetics and recovery duties to the level of core competencies

    • About us

    Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

    Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

    Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

    Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

    Date posted

    03 March 2023

    Pay scheme

    Agenda for change

    Band

    Band 5

    Salary

    £25 an hour

    Contract

    Bank

    Working pattern

    Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

    Reference number

    M0042-23-1364

    Job locations

    UHS

    Tremona Road

    Southampton

    Hampshire

    SO16 6YD


    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    University Hospital Southampton are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, passionate, visionary and motivated individual to join our Theatre & Anaesthetic team. You will play an integral role within the team to provide cover for a demand of available shifts for you to choose to fit around you.

    The Theatre Complex is growing to over 30 Operating Theatres with multiple specialities, planned and unplanned, including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, ENT / Max Fax, Cardiac and Neuro. The Team also covers services external to the Theatre Department including Cath lab, Interventional Radiology, CT, MRI and Endoscopy. Our theatres continually demonstrate ongoing excellence of patient care and are fundamentally about helping people to get well. We are the regional trauma centre, and support 24hour emergency patient pathways. This expanding department will provide you a worthwhile opportunity to broaden your experience within different specialities.

    As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we can offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. We were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

    You will be responsible for:

    Providing skilled specialist assistance in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care throughout the Operating Department

    Participate as an integral member of the theatre/recovery team, covering a full range of flexible shifts

    Act as the patient advocate and maintain high standards of patient care, in line with NMC or HCPC code of conduct

    Provides skilled assistance in one or more core areas - scrub, anaesthetics and recovery duties to the level of core competencies

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    University Hospital Southampton are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, passionate, visionary and motivated individual to join our Theatre & Anaesthetic team. You will play an integral role within the team to provide cover for a demand of available shifts for you to choose to fit around you.

    The Theatre Complex is growing to over 30 Operating Theatres with multiple specialities, planned and unplanned, including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, ENT / Max Fax, Cardiac and Neuro. The Team also covers services external to the Theatre Department including Cath lab, Interventional Radiology, CT, MRI and Endoscopy. Our theatres continually demonstrate ongoing excellence of patient care and are fundamentally about helping people to get well. We are the regional trauma centre, and support 24hour emergency patient pathways. This expanding department will provide you a worthwhile opportunity to broaden your experience within different specialities.

    As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we can offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. We were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

    You will be responsible for:

    Providing skilled specialist assistance in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care throughout the Operating Department

    Participate as an integral member of the theatre/recovery team, covering a full range of flexible shifts

    Act as the patient advocate and maintain high standards of patient care, in line with NMC or HCPC code of conduct

    Provides skilled assistance in one or more core areas - scrub, anaesthetics and recovery duties to the level of core competencies

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • HCPC or Equivalent registration as a Theatre / Operating Department Practitioner

    Experience

    Essential

    • Minimum of 1 year paid experience as a Theatre / Operating Department Practitioner in a Hospital environment within the last 2 years
    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • HCPC or Equivalent registration as a Theatre / Operating Department Practitioner

    Experience

    Essential

    • Minimum of 1 year paid experience as a Theatre / Operating Department Practitioner in a Hospital environment within the last 2 years

    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.

    UK Registration

    Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

    Additional information

    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.

    UK Registration

    Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

    Employer details

    Employer name

    NHS Professionals Limited

    Address

    UHS

    Tremona Road

    Southampton

    Hampshire

    SO16 6YD


    Employer's website

    https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer details

    Employer name

    NHS Professionals Limited

    Address

    UHS

    Tremona Road

    Southampton

    Hampshire

    SO16 6YD


    Employer's website

    https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

    For questions about the job, contact:

    Senior Recruiter

    Luiza Zagoni

    uhsrecruitment@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk

    03330143694

    Date posted

    03 March 2023

    Pay scheme

    Agenda for change

    Band

    Band 5

    Salary

    £25 an hour

    Contract

    Bank

    Working pattern

    Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

    Reference number

    M0042-23-1364

    Job locations

    UHS

    Tremona Road

    Southampton

    Hampshire

    SO16 6YD


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