Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner
Band 5
- Perioperative and Critical Care
- Band 5
- Permanent
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of hours and on calls)
- 328-PCC-7295335-B
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Middlesbrough
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum (pro rata)
- Yearly
- 19/09/2025 23:59
Job overview
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
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with NMC or ODP with HCPC
- Nursing Degree/Diploma or ODP qualification
Desirable criteria
- Recognisable teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Trauma & Orthopaedic experience
- Experience working within an acute or community setting
- Experience of Multi-disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the theatre environment.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Pelling
- Job title
- Theatre Manager
- Email address
- natalie.pelling1@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
-
01642 850850 ext 55845
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