# Operating Department Practitioner - Blyth Theatres

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Ipswich Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Operating department practitioner
- **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T14:58:33.773Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8232087
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8232087?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a Operating Department Practitioners to come and work in Blyth Theatres. If you are interested in a new challenge or change then this might be the role for you.

Blyth theatres specialises in obstetrics and gynaecological surgery. We have 3 theatres 2 are for elective surgery and 1 for emergency surgery.

You provide clinically effective, high quality, individualised peri-operative patient care working within the multi-disciplinary team.

We are a 24 hour department and the candidate will be expected to cover out of hours shifts.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

- Demonstrate their professional commitment to patients, their families and carers.
- Be committed to actively seeking the views of those who use and those who work within out services, and responding effectively to that feedback.
- To work as part of a team to ensure the highest standards are maintained at all times
- Collaborate with a wide range of people and professional groups to improve the services we provide
- To support the patient through their journey within the theatres department.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understands the clinical role of a Nurse/ODP within the Perioperative team.

**Desirable**

- Has evidence of professional portfolio development
- Previous experience of working within an emergency department

### Experience

**Essential**

- Has experience of working within a team.
- Evidence of Exposure to or understanding Relevant Clinical Experience
- Significant recent relevant hospital experience

**Desirable**

- Previous relevant perioperative experience
- Scrub
- Anesthetics

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered ODP
- To undertake Anaesthetic practice be able to evidence achievement of recognised national standards
- Evidence of continued professional Development Plans

**Desirable**

- Dip HE (or working towards)

## 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 (docx, 44.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10542057)

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