Bank Theatre Practitioner ODP

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and dynamic Operating Department Practitioners to join our friendly and pro-active theatre team. We are a hardworking enthusiastic department with a strong sense of teamwork.

The successful applicant will be an Operating Department Practitioner. Experience is not essential as a competency based theatre training program is available as part of our robust Trust preceptorship program, whereby we provide a 12 month graduate program which is specifically designed to aid our newly qualified nurses and ODPs with 6 paid study days per annum and then a continued development program. Our Trust works in close partnership with Huddersfield University providing post graduate learning and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Calderdale Main Theatre consists of 9 operating theatres providing acute and elective surgery to adults and children in the specialties of ENT, Ophthalmics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and minor and major Orthopaedics. This also includes 24hour emergency obstetric cover, resus cover and acutes in Gynaecology and ENT.

Huddersfield Main Theatre consists of 6 operation theatres providing acute and elective surgery to adults and children in the specialties of Colorectal, Upper GI, Bariatric,  Urology and Trauma. This also includes 24hour acute cover and resus cover.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To act in the scrub role, circulating role, anaesthetic or PACU role on a daily basis within your scope of practice.
• Prepare an operating theatre/anaesthetic room for surgery in relation to instrumentation, equipment and supplies required for specific operative procedures, ensuring waste is kept to a minimum. In the case of anaesthetics ensure all necessary and emergency equipment is available and in working order.
• Responsible for maintaining a clean, safe working environment after use and between theatre cases, ensuring safe disposal of all clinical and other waste in accordance with policies.
• Record the patients theatre episode of care in the Electronic Patients Record (EPR) and Bluespier record in a timely and accurate manner.
• Act as a preceptor / mentor for student ODP’s, student nurses, trainee associate nurses, and HCA’s, where appropriate within your area of expertise.
• To work as a team member without being under supervision and supervise and mentor junior staff to run an operating list.
• To ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained. And report to team leader when standards are not being maintained.
• Maintain appropriate stock levels. Be aware of the need for economy when monitoring stock.
• To participate in the assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care.
• To recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
• Act as a ‘Link Practitioner’ within a defined specialty / interest area.
• Assist with the transfer of patients within department including the positioning of patients using correct procedures in accordance with local manual handling protocols.