Operating Department Practitioner / Anaesthetic Nurse

Job overview

Are you an experienced  Operating Department Practitioner or an Anaesthetic Nurse looking to discover new opportunities?

No! Perhaps you are an experienced practitioner/ Anaesthetic Nurse looking to discover theatres, if this is you we want to hear from you!

Mid and South Essex Trust are looking to recruit Theatre Practitioners across all of our hospital sites and specialties.

We are looking for enthusiastic Registered Nurses/ODPs with sound clinical knowledge with Anaesthetic Skills  to develop in your role.

This really is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and move your career forward in a best learning and supportive environment.

Main duties of the job

Our Theatre Practitioners work towards providing high quality patient care within the perioperative setting. We welcome both experience and non-experience staff to join our supportive team. Training can also be provided to support newly registered operating department practitioners  looking for a new career direction.

As a team we aim for excellence in delivering exceptional care, acting with compassion towards our patients and team colleagues whilst appreciating the value and being respectful towards one another.  Therefore, experience of team work, team values and safe patient care is very important to this role.

For our successful candidates, we will aid you in the development of your career, and in order to enable this we have a dedicated Practice Development Team  to support you.  The Trust also provides many other In-house learning opportunities to support your developmental needs.

Your role will assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic, high quality and individualised care which respects patient personal dignity and beliefs, ensure all patients receive a high standard of care in line with evidence-based practice and maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details please see the attached JD, but if successful, you will

• Act as practice supervisor or assessor to students, including teaching and assessing within their realm of competence,
• Uphold the philosophy of evidence-based practice,
• Take part in rotation through all specialities in the departments to meet the needs of the service, where required.

We look forward to receiving your application.