Anaesthetic Practitioner

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Anaesthetic Practitioner to join their expanding theatre team at Poole Hospital. This full-time role offers opportunities for career progression and requires UK registration and anaesthetic qualifications. The successful candidate will work across multiple sites and contribute to a high-quality patient care environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within UK guidance, regulations, and procedures.
• Experience of caring for patients with acute and long-term conditions.

Responsibilities

• Support in the safe delivery of care in the operating theatre.
• Engage with the trust transformation and strategic vision.

Skills

Highly motivated

Recognises stress management

Education

NMC registered Nurse (Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing)

HCPC registered ODP (Dip (HE) Operating Department Practice)

Learning and Assessing in Practice qualification

Job description

Main area Anaesthetics Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full Flexibility Required 24/7/365) Job ref 153-SU04540

Department name 1. UHD - General Recruitment Site Poole Hospital Town Poole Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 02/06/2025 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

Operating Department Practitioners or Anaesthetic Nurses with Anaesthetic UK Qualifications and Experience- UHD theatres - primary base Poole Hospital

At this exciting time, are you what we are looking for?

Theatre Practitioners across all our service areas

Are you looking for a new challenge and career progression? Working with multi-professional colleagues, you will become part of an expanding and transforming service. We are looking for dedicated and dynamic staff to join our experienced teams to support in the safe delivery of care and engage with the trust transformation and strategic vision. With our focus on quality, safety, transformation and service development, we are increasing our operating theatre suite and are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic people, to join the Anaesthetic Team in our expanding theatre department delivering a 24 hour service. You will join our extensive theatre team with multiple skills to enable you to gain further knowledge and advance your career.

This role is specifically for a Trained Anaesthetic Practitioner with UK qualification and experience.

This Role will involve cross site working with Poole Hospital (Base site) and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital

This role requires a current UK Registration and UK Anaesthetic qualification.

Base Location: Poole Hospital but cross site working will be required

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

Our services cover multiple specialities, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Head and Neck, Obstetrics, General, Gynae, Day surgery, Urology, Vascular, Paediatrics, Anaesthetics, Emergency and Recovery.

We encourage dual or multi skilled practitioners, butyou must be trained in anaesthetics practice and possess a current UK Registration and UK Anaesthetic qualification.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and condition

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered Nurse (Advanced Diploma/Degree in Adult Health Nursing) or HCPC registered ODP (Dip (HE) Operating Department Practice)
• Learning and Assessing in Practice (or equivalent teaching/mentoring qualification)

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of basic operating department routine and surgical specialties undertaken
• Understanding of the surgical patient pathway through the hospital

Personal Attributes

• Highly motivated
• Recognises stress in self and others and manages appropriately

Experience

• Experience of working within UK guidance, regulations and procedures.
• Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Duane Cannon Job title Senior Clinical Lead Anaesthetics Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 019 8393 Additional information

Additional contact telephone number 0300 019 2405

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