Job summary
Wherever you're currently working, Nuffield Health is where you'll excel. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you're helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:
- Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.
- Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures)
- Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.
- Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.
- Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.
- Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners.
About us
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital
The Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital are recognised for their friendly atmosphere, clinical expertise, and high standards of care. Our purpose-built hospital has been established since 1968. With 40 en-suite bedrooms, a busy outpatients and pre-assessment departments. We also provide a diagnostic imaging service (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Mammography and X-ray), pathology, paediatric unit, surgical recovery ward, cancer care unit, 3 state of the art operating theatres and physiotherapy services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP)
Tunbridge Wells Hospital | Theatre | Permanent | Full-Time
Up to £48,500 per annum, depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Wherever you're currently working, Nuffield Health is where you'll excel. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we can offer you a unique opportunity to feel valued, free from constraints and able to grow your career, while you're helping us offer the highest standards of care. Transforming patient care, focusing on what matters. It starts with you.
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our Tunbridge Wells Hospital, you're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration. You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.
As a Senior Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:
- Prioritise patient safety, taking appropriate actions and encouraging colleagues to call out and report safety concerns.
- Promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff (in full compliance with all policies and procedures)
- Support governance activity, ensuring full compliance with Nuffield Health's Quality governance framework and national standards, e.g. CQC/HIW/HIS Regulation, fundamentals of care, professional standards and evidence-based guidelines.
- Provide and lead care management and delivery, treating patients, families, friends and representatives with kindness, dignity, respect and compassion and support them to cope emotionally with their care, treatment or condition.
- Collaborate with other clinicians within the Hospital, building strong working relationships that enhance patient care and service delivery.
- Take charge of a theatre, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading junior practitioners. Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital
The Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital are recognised for their friendly atmosphere, clinical expertise, and high standards of care. Our purpose-built hospital has been established since 1968. With 40 en-suite bedrooms, a busy outpatients and pre-assessment departments. We also provide a diagnostic imaging service (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Mammography and X-ray), pathology, paediatric unit, surgical recovery ward, cancer care unit, 3 state of the art operating theatres and physiotherapy services.
At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
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It starts with you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- You're registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including HCPC registration.
Experience
Essential
- You bring a passion for high standards in perioperative care, a meticulous eye for detail and post-registration experience. You're a focused, flexible and motivated team worker.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Nuffield Health
Address
Kingswood Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 4UL
Tunbridge Wells
TN2 4UL
United Kingdom
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