Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Theatre Practitioner ODP/RN
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Ashley Searson
Anaesthetic Clinical Lead & Theatre Manager
Call: 01924 317356
Email: Ashley.searson@nhs.net
About The Role
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated Theatre team at Pinderfields Hospital.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual with extensive theatre experience to become a key member of our dynamic multidisciplinary team.
This role is ideal for someone looking to take the next step in their perioperative career or seeking a fresh challenge in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Main Duties
Role
The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate strong clinical experience, and will be expected to undertake a variety of perioperative roles including:
- Scrub Practitioner
- Circulating Person
- Escort Person
- Anaesthetic Practitioner
All responsibilities will be performed within the scope of the post holder’s qualifications and registration.
The post holder will act as a role model and mentor, supporting junior staff and students through training, supervision, and participation in professional development processes.
Key Responsibilities
- A commitment to patient-centred values.
- Participate in the development and delivery of care which involves and respects the rights of patients, carers, and staff.
- Maintain an awareness of national and regional initiatives.
- Act as a positive ambassador for the trust.
- Deliver direct care to patients within their caseload in accordance with the trust's policies and HCPC/NMC guidelines.
- Comply with trust policies and requirements and undertake duties in accordance with the most recent HCPC/NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Maintain clear, accurate, legible, and up-to-date trust documentation that provides an accurate record of perioperative care delivered in accordance with the most recent NMC/HCPC standards for record-keeping.
- Maintain confidentiality of trust and patient information.
- Comply with the Data Protection Act and Caldecott recommendations.
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Qualifications
Essential Person Specification Requirements
- RODP/RN
- Willingness to undertake mentorship/assessor qualification
Experience
- Previous experience in theatre setting
Knowledge and Awareness
- Essential knowledge of your own specialty and current issues in healthcare
- Ability to demonstrate evidence-based practice
- Continued Professional Development
- Awareness of own limitations
Skills and Abilities
- An ability to work within the peri-operative team and organise and prioritise own and others workload
- Commitment to training
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to review the full requirements.
Be Part of MY Team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
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Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network, and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training, and support
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