Operating Theatre Practitioner (ODP/RN) - Day Surgery Unit

We are currently looking to recruit Theatre Practitioner ODPs / Staff Nurses to join us as part of our friendly and enthusiastic Day Surgery Theatre team.

• To act effectively and professionally as part of the multidisciplinary Operating Department Team.
• Provide safe and efficient patient care within the allocated role.
• To demonstrate continuing professional development in the role of the Theatre Practitioner in the Operating Department.

PLEASE NOTE: Some previous operating theatre experience is essential

Students ODPs due to qualify within the next 3 months will also be considered

As part of your role, you will be required to work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team, providing assistance and service in all aspects of the Operating Department.

You will ensure that records of patient care are accurately maintained and the process of transferring information is robust.

Within your role, you will promote flexible practice and participate in the Operating Department on call rota, also taking on an active part in theatre meetings and encouraging positive participation from all staff.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.

In February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.

http://www.qehkl.nhs.uk/document/divisional-booklets/Introducing_our_Surgery_Division.pdf

For further information and details of the post, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.