Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

Job summary

1 x 37.5 hours permanent and 1 x 37.5 hours Fixed term 12 months

Applications are invited from competent, able practitioners who wish to provide dynamic support to the theatre Trauma and Orthopaedic team.

The operating department includes 16 in-patient theatres within the Division plus the Surgical Day Unit (3 GA theatres and Paediatric Day facility.

Trauma and Orthopaedic Scrub experience essential.

Out of hours and oncall cover required.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

Main duties of the job

The theatres provide an operating service to the following clinical specialities: General Surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Obstetrics, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Maxilo-facial, Robotic Surgery, Neurosurgery, ENT and IVF.

There is also provision for 2 x dedicated emergency theatres and 2 x dedicated Trauma theatres within the complex.The division is committed to staff development and offers an excellent competency based training package. Good communication and organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a team are essential to this post.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with NMC or ODP with HCPC
• Nursing Degree/Diploma or ODP qualification

Desirable

• Recognisable teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Trauma & Orthopaedic experience
• Experience working within an acute or community setting
• Experience of Multi-disciplinary working

Desirable

• Experience in the theatre environment.

Knowledge

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work.
• Good information technology skills.
• Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/ work practices.