Main area: Operating Department Practitioner/ Anaesthetic Practitioner
Grade: Band 5/6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 199-6697023-MC-RB
Employer: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Croydon University Hospital
Town: Croydon, Surrey
Salary: PA, Incl of HCAs
Closing: 08/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 25/11/2024
Job overview
Croydon University Hospital is seeking enthusiastic, caring, and motivated individuals to join the theatre team.
Our hospital is recruiting for highly motivated and experienced Operating Department Practitioner/ Anaesthetic Nurses (ODP/AN) to join our high-performing theatre team. With a focus on Anaesthetics, this is your opportunity to join one of the UK's leading hospitals and take your career to the next level. This unmissable role offers the opportunity to work alongside some of the region's most experienced Consultants, covering varied and diverse cases.
We are seeking qualified professionals with excellent and efficient anaesthetic skills. They must be able to lead a team of junior staff in liaison with the Band 7 managers. We would love you to join our friendly and dynamic theatre team at Croydon Elective & Emergency Surgical Centres within Croydon University Hospital.
Croydon Elective Centre consists of nine operating theatres, specialties include:
- Orthopaedics
- Urology
- Gynaecology
- General
- Upper and Lower GI
- Breast
- Max-Fax
- ENT
- Paediatrics (ENT, Ortho, and General)
Main duties of the job
Our Croydon Elective Centre (CEC) has been nationally recognised for our innovative practice and has been described as a ‘blueprint’ for theatre activity in the UK.
As a senior ODP/Anaesthetic Practitioner, you will be expected to assist our anaesthetists in safe care, not only in a theatre setting but in outlying areas, such as:
- Interventional Radiology, X Ray and Endoscopy suites
- Emergency Surgical Centre
You should be competent, proactive, and flexible and have a keen eye for detail to maintain our excellent care standards.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
- Registered ODP/Anaesthetic Practitioner
- Enthusiastic, Flexible, Willing to take responsibility, Able to work within a team
- Able to use initiative with proven communication skills
- Related degree
- Basic experience in supervision of junior staff/others
- Basic computer skills
Knowledge and Understanding
- Six month consolidation in Anaesthetic Practitioner/ ODP
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Intravenous and drug calculation
Experience
- Able to manage difficult situations
Skills and Abilities
- Punctuality
- Motivated
- Willing to learn
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