Theatre Practitioner - ODP, Recovery or Scrub Practitioner

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000

Job description

Theatre Practitioner - ODP, Recovery or Scrub Practitioner

Band 5

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Theatre Practitioner to our multi-disciplinary team who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. We are open to applications from both registered Nurses and Operating Department practitioners, with experience in any of the three perioperative disciplines: Scrub, Anaesthetics, or Recovery.

You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".

Our service consists of 4 Main theatres, 2 Day surgery theatres, 1 Ophthalmology theatre, and 1 Maternity theatre. We can provide experience in a number of surgical specialties including:

• General Surgery
• Breast Surgery
• Colorectal Surgery
• Gynaecology
• Obstetrics
• Trauma & Orthopaedics
• Urology
• Emergency Surgery
• ENT
• Max Fax
• Ophthalmology

We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified Nurses or ODPs who believe they can support the leadership and development of our team while providing expertise and facilitating the delivery of evidence-based practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will mainly be based with the Main theatres team, although flexibility across all theatres will be required. You will be rostered to work a mix of duties including weekends, on-call, and, depending on experience/role, nights.

This post offers many opportunities through ongoing education and development that is supported by our own Practice Development Lead.

If you believe you have the skills and knowledge to take on this role within a multidisciplinary theatre team and have the ability to work using your own initiative while being passionate about patient safety and quality of care, we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information please contact:

Sarah Insley (Matron) [e-mail]

Bethanie William (Practice Development Lead) [e-mail]

Working for our organisation

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute and ambulance healthcare provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalized with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an on-site day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities; speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you, and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals, and award-winning attractions.

Our 2024-2029 Working Together, Improving Together strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, establishing the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to achieve excellence in care for our patients and communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Attached you will find the person-specific document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by the hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail, please read the full job description document attached.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Registered Practitioner with current NMC registration or HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant post-basic study
• Can demonstrate the key competencies of the Behavioural Framework
• Completion of required IOW NHS TRUST mandatory training updates
• Completion of work-based competency modules
• ENB 998; Minimum of 2 years relevant post-basic clinical experience
• Perioperative experience of Scrub/Anaesthetics/Recovery

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.