Job summary
Employer heading
Anaesthetic Practitioner/ ODP
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
At Imperial College Healthcare, you’ll be working with leading clinicians pushing the boundaries in patient care. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join our multidisciplinary team of skilled and motivated staff who provide high-quality care to our patients, both NHS and private. We are currently looking to recruit qualified anaesthetic/ODP nurses.
Together we aim to continue to deliver the highest standard of evidence-based perioperative care, resulting in increased patient satisfaction. We are implementing new ways of working, so we require forward-thinking individuals ready to embrace change and take on new and exciting challenges.
We are committed to your professional development and will provide you with a range of education, in-house training, and one-to-one coaching coordinated by a dedicated practice development nurse and senior nursing team. You will gain experience working with a wide range of specialities, for example - Cardiac, renal, complex general and gynaecology, plastics, paediatric, vascular and major trauma. You’ll benefit from a career development programme, a staff recognition scheme, the option of bank income and a range of extras such as cycle to work and car lease schemes, and a season ticket loan.
To be successful in this role, you’ll possess a passion for excellence and improvement, a flexible approach, and NMC/HCPC registration without restrictions.
Main duties of the job
- To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients that is compassionate and caring
- To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them without supervision
- To keep up to date with skills and knowledge
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration NMC and or HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Six months experience in healthcare
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of speciality
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise department activities and to use initiative ability to solve problems and contribute new competency in medication skills required to undertake clinical activity related to speciality basic IT skills
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit awareness of current developments in nursing/ODP knowledge of NMC code of conduct/HCPC standards
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sherrane Clarke
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033111456
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