Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Leadership
Ability to co-operate within a team
- Leadership
Ability to co-ordinate patient care for a small number of individuals, including a variety of services
- Communication
Competent communication skills in English
- Communication
Ability to effectively deliver sensitive / complex information to a variety of listeners
- Qualifications
RGN Level 1 / RODP
- Qualifications
Anesthetic Qualification
- Qualifications
Basic Life Support Course
- Knowledge and Skills
Recent experience in Scrub
- Knowledge and Skills
Willingness to undertake post registration work in specialty
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Planning and Organizing
Ability to co-ordinate planned and unplanned activities to achieve short term goals.
- Planning and Organizing
Ability to manage own time for maximum efficiency in meeting unit goals
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Immediate Life Support Course
- Knowledge and Skills
Experience of Audit and Research
Job overview
Main duties of the job
Provide skilled and effective assistance to clinicians and other members of the theatre team, contributing to the delivery of safe and high-quality patient care.
- Deliver support and care to the required professional and service standards, as directed by the clinical team. Provide support across relevant areas of the Trust where specialised equipment, procedures or techniques are required. Respond positively and effectively to planned and unplanned activities, including emergency situations, demonstrating flexibility and professionalism. Plan and organise work effectively in advance to ensure that operational requirements and deadlines are met. Maintain competency in two of the three designated theatre specialties and rotate between them to support service requirements, flexibility and staff development.
- Deliver support and care to the required professional and service standards, as directed by the clinical team.
- Provide support across relevant areas of the Trust where specialised equipment, procedures or techniques are required.
- Respond positively and effectively to planned and unplanned activities, including emergency situations, demonstrating flexibility and professionalism.
- Plan and organise work effectively in advance to ensure that operational requirements and deadlines are met.
- Maintain competency in two of the three designated theatre specialties and rotate between them to support service requirements, flexibility and staff development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting documents, Job Description and Person Specification which contains more information about the role
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.
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This advert is for Theatre Nurse/ODP Band 5 with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Carshalton, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Operating department practitioner role. The advertised salary is £36,943 - £44,900 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata). The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (to cover Maternity leave). The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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