Main area Operating Theatres Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (minimum of 30 hrs per week if part-time) Job ref 269-SFT8992
Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury District Hospital Town Salisbury Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 06/03/2025 23:59
Band 5 Anaesthetic Nurse / ODP
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you an Operating Department Practitioner or Anaesthetic Nurse with a UK based Anaesthetic Qualification who is currently registered with the HCPC/NMC and working in the UK?
If so, do you want to be part of something special and help us to modernise our theatre services? Are you passionate about patient care, new ways of working and the development of an inclusive clinical environment where all views are heard and valued?
If yes then come and see what we have to offer!
Your thoughts and experience will also shape our ongoing improvement journey and through our ‘Improving Together’ programme you will have the opportunity to work with like-minded colleagues to elicit significant change.
You will also be encouraged to develop skills and speciality-based knowledge to support anaesthetic delivery across a range of theatre procedures including general, regional and local anaesthetic cases. Your ability to support adult and paediatric patients will also be developed.
If you are interested, we can offer:
* Full and part time hours
* Ongoing training opportunities from our dedicated education team
* Trust wide wellbeing services
Applicants must be registered with the HCPC/NMC and currently working in the UK. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the multi-disciplinary theatre team, you will participate in planning, delivering, evaluating and implementing the highest possible level of anaesthetic services, supporting the Anaesthetist to deliver outstanding care to patients and contributing to the overall effectiveness of Theatres at Salisbury Foundation Trust.
The post holder will be expected to develop skills and specialty-based knowledge to support anaesthetic practice in a multi-specialty environment, which may involve procedures performed on both adult and paediatric patients under general, regional and local anaesthetic.
Individual practitioners will be required to participate in a full rostered 24/7 rota, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to support service provision.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
* On the HCPC/ NMC register
* Anaesthetic training ODP / Anaesthetic module nursing
* Good understanding of theatre practice
* Previous experience within the NHS as a Registered Practitioner
* Ability to plan and care for a group of patients in an acute environment.
* Committed to patient centred care
* Basic Life Support
* Ability to cope with distressing situations
* Awareness of relevant COSHH regulations
* Provide support to patients, families and carers as appropriate.
* Ability to participate in patient movement and positioning
* Experience of having worked within a number of anaesthetic specialities.
* ILS and PILS
* Knowledge and experience of Trust IT systems
* Demonstrable ability to support the learning of colleagues
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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