# Anaesthetic Practitioner/ ODP > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/anaesthetic-practitioner-odp/1ebcc877-aff7-42e6-957e-bb39de181f5f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/anaesthetic-practitioner-odp/1ebcc877-aff7-42e6-957e-bb39de181f5f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Operating department practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 21.3 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T12:31:18.356Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Orthopaedic_Theatres/Orthopaedic_Theatres-v8052251 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8052251?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital is one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. Delivering high volume and low complexity cases locally for the people we serve across our region. We have a fantastic opportunity for an  Anaesthetic Practitioner to join us. To join our friendly theatre team, you will need to be a motivated, confident and flexible individual with experience in an operating theatre environment. You will need to either be: NMC registered (RN1) or HCPC registered. We are committed to supporting your learning and career potential. We will provide you with a great learning and supportive environment to allow you to develop your orthopaedic skills. The Dame Clare Marx Building houses our elective orthopaedic centre (ESEOC) with a focus on elective orthopaedic surgery and day cases. The centre has eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME. ### Main duties of the job - Prepare the anaesthetic room and/or operating theatre for the operating session to include: -  the safe custody and preparation of drugs and infusions - the preparation of airway management equipment - the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors - Ensure adherence to Trust/local policies, guidelines and other legislation and support National and local initiatives e.g. Saving Lives, WHO Surgical Safety Check List, GIRFT - Take part in internal rotation through all areas of the department as required to meet the needs of the service on 24hour basis including trauma ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Job Details The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital is one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. Delivering high volume and low complexity cases locally for the people we serve across our region. We have a fantastic opportunity for an Anaesthetic Practitioner to join us. To join our friendly theatre team, you will need to be a motivated, confident and flexible individual with experience in an operating theatre environment. You will need to either be: NMC registered (RN1) or HCPC registered. We are committed to supporting your learning and career potential. We will provide you with a great learning and supportive environment to allow you to develop your orthopaedic skills. The Dame Clare Marx Building houses our elective orthopaedic centre (ESEOC) with a focus on elective orthopaedic surgery and day cases. The centre has eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME. ## Job Description Prepare the anaesthetic room and/or operating theatre for the operating session to include: - the safe custody and preparation of drugs and infusions - the preparation of airway management equipment - the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors Ensure adherence to Trust/local policies, guidelines and other legislation and support National and local initiatives e.g. Saving Lives, WHO Surgical Safety Check List, GIRFT Take part in internal rotation through all areas of the department as required to meet the needs of the service on 24hour basis including trauma ## Responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good understanding of competency based learning - Able to produce evidence of clinical ability **Desirable** - Basic IT Skills ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in an operating theatre environment **Desirable** - Experience in both anaesthetics and scrub role ### Qualifications **Essential** - RGN/Dip. HE, NVQ III in Operating Department Practice/C&G 752 or Dip. HE Operating Department Practice - BSc (Hons ) Operating Department Practice - Current registration of professional body ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341767) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.