Theatre Anaesthetic Practitioner

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Theatre Anaesthetics at UHS are currently seeking experienced applications from dynamic, motivated, and enthusiastic Operating Department Practitioners at Band 5 to join our friendly and supportive teams.

UHS has 40 theatres, you will work across multiple areas including Trauma Orthopaedics, ENT Max Fac, Vascular, Thoracic, General and CEPOD along with Cardiac and Neuro. The team also works in X Ray, Cath labs, Angio suites CT and MRI scanners. We support our ED colleagues caring for Level One Trauma, we are an adult and paediatric Major Trauma Centre.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

-We are looking for an experienced ODP who is ready for the next step in their Anaesthetics career, is passionate and will strive to inspire, develop and support every patient, every colleague, every day.

-As a Band 5 ODP in anaesthetics you will have recent post- registration experience within an acute theatre environment.

-You will be required to provide a high standard of individualised patient care, in accordance with agreed policies and within available resources, which has the Trust core values at its heart. You should be able to demonstrate the aptitude to work in highly pressurised situations with maturity, motivation, enthusiasm, and common sense.

-You will be committed to working flexibly with the collaboration of an established team and will develop your critical care skills to become a competent member of the team who care for critically ill patients in a complex and challenging environment