Newly Qualified ODP / Theatres

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford

Newly Qualified ODP / Theatres

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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 13 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: c672dfca333d4541ba7262a7d84f1458

Full Job Description

Provide high quality individualised patient care at all times.
Prepare the clinical environment to meet the requirements of the operating list
and anticipated work load.
Take part in or lead all stages of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist prior to
undertaking any procedure.
Ensure the safe preparation of the patient for operative procedures.
Provide skilled assistance to the anaesthetist during anaesthetic procedures as
required within operational policies.
Assist with the safe transfer and positioning of patients onto the operating table.
Act as scrubbed or circulating assistant as required, carry out checks and counts
on swabs, needles, instruments and equipment in accordance with Trust policies.
Comply with Health and Safety, Infection Control, COSHH and AAGBI
regulations, adhering to Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
Ensure equipment and stock levels are maintained appropriately.
To act as a trained and skilled member of the priority & trauma team.
Prepare and administer prescribed drugs to patients according to Trust Policy,
and monitor the effects of those drugs.
Monitor, assess and implement individualised perioperative patient care,
including post resuscitation and in the immediate post-operative period for level
1, 2 & 3 patients.
Have the ability to work unsupervised and manage own time effectively.
Maintain clinical records in accordance with current guidelines.
Communicate effectively with patients, colleagues and other Trust staff.
Report any adverse incidents to the appropriate person and via online reporting
system without delay and according to policy.
Maintain high standards of personal and professional conduct and performance
in accordance with local policy and professional code of conduct.
Be adaptable in order to take on other duties as required to meet the needs of the
service, provided appropriate training given.
Use Trust computer systems provided appropriate training has been given.
Participate in Third Tier On-Call rota
For further information regarding your main duties and responsibilities including required skills, qualifications and experience, please refer to the job description and person specification link to the right.
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· Newly Qualified Operating Department Practitioner/Anaesthetic Nurse
· Working in teams or with minimum supervision
· Experience in a caring role
· Competence across a range of skills and specialties, supported by clinical knowledge

Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HsiGn9joTQ

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are UK leaders in major laparoscopic & robotic surgery as well as a regional referral centre for upper GI work, including emergency oesophagogastric cases. Specialties here include: colorectal, urology, gynae oncology, hepatobiliary, and upper GI, breast surgery, ophthalmology, obstetrics, major head and neck and ENT, trauma & orthopaedics and CEPOD.
Day Surgery is a purpose built unit covering many specialities including ENT, Maxillo Facial, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Urology, Pain and dedicated paediatric lists.
Our recent CQC inspection found us to be 'providing services that were safe, effective, responsive caring and well-led'.
The Trust is based in Guildford, the historic county town of Surrey, and has a range of attractions and cosmopolitan town centre shopping. The town also has easy access to London and its main airports by road or train.

Band 5 - Permanent
Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Are you qualifying in 2025 as an ODP? We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, soon-to-qualify ODP who would like to work in a great team. We offer a nurturing, supportive environment with an excellent 12 month preceptorship programme along with a 15% pay increase on your salary plus a high cost area supplement.
The department is currently undergoing an ambitious building programme that will result in a brand new cancer centre consisting of 6 new theatres in addition to our current 19 operating theatres. The career pathway for newly qualified ODPs joining our team has never been better with all the opportunities that an expanding department brings along with an embedded culture of career development for our ODPs. You will be involved in working in and outside of theatres, assisting the resus team as they attend emergencies within the hospital and supporting anaesthetists in out-of-department anaesthetics. We are a happy, vibrant team that will help you take your first steps and provide opportunities to help you flourish and develop., Some of the benefits of joining our team Include:
· A strong emphasis on your work/life balance
· Excellent learning and development opportunities
· Employee discounts through Vivup
· Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff.
· Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
· And so much more.
Please refer to full Job Description.

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