Anaesthetic Practitioner/ODP (Band 5) Theatre

Job overview

The Royal Marsden has a vital role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education, and leading-edge practice.  We are incredibly proud of our international reputation for pushing the boundaries and for our ground-breaking work ensuring patients receive the very latest and best in cancer treatment and care.

Rated as CQC ‘Outstanding’, The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer care, pioneering treatment and ground-breaking research, and has achieved one of the best results for staff engagement across all acute specialist Trusts in the most recent NHS Staff Survey.  We have an overall patient experience rating of 9/10, the highest score for any Trust for quality of care.  We provide our nurses and ODPs with the training, support and staffing levels that enable them to provide the best care to patients.

We have seven modern theatres in Chelsea, including two robotic theatres, and two in our sister hospital in Sutton, and a well equipped recovery room.  We recover a range of patients, from day surgery patients to those progressing to HDU, and from a wide range of specialties, including Sarcoma and Melanoma, Upper and Lower GI, Plastics, Head and Neck, Gynaecology, Urology and Breast.  Our specialist recovery team is trusted, hard working and supportive, and we’re looking for a motivated nurse or ODP who can demonstrate a real interest in high quality post-operative care to join us.

Main duties of the job

• As a member of the anaesthetic team the post holder will be expected to perform all the tasks of a specialist registered nurse/ODP with assisting and supporting the Anaesthetist to deliver general anaesthetic, sedation and local anaesthetics/regional blocks to our Theatre patients and patients in outside areas including Endoscopy, CT scanner and Interventional Radiology, in line with National and Trust Theatre Policy.
• The post holder will also work in conjunction with the rest of the theatre team to deliver high quality patient care whilst maintaining theatre efficiency and managing resources.
• Support the senior staff and multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards of clinical practice and staff development as part of the theatre team.
• To be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of all staff by acting as a mentor and role model with the support of their senior colleagues

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• To act as patient advocate in line with current NHS policy and to actively apply in depth knowledge of holistic/ socio-economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff.
• To be aware of and champion current evidence-based trends and developments in theatre practice and in the NHS and be responsible for supporting the continuing professional development of departmental staff and self.
• To support the effective utilisation of resources effectively and to ensure that safe staffing levels are maintained for within the department.
• To have continuing responsibility for the provision of a suitable, clean, uncluttered, and safe environment for the physical and psychological wellbeing of staff and patients.
• To provide a suitable and safe environment for the physical, psychological, and spiritual wellbeing for staff, patients/clients and their relatives/carers.
• To take part in the out of hours theatre on call rota (following appropriate training/orientation).