Operating Department Orderly

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated individual to join its operating theatre team. The role involves providing patient care and ensuring a safe environment during operations, alongside maintaining cleanliness and responding to medical needs. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills and an understanding of healthcare environments.

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain standards of cleanliness and safety.
• Experience working in a healthcare environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients between care areas safely.
• Maintain cleanliness of operating theatres and associated areas.
• Participate in on-call rota as required.

Skills

Patient care

Environmental cleaning

Communication

Job description

Overall Objectives

1. To work as a member of the operating theatre team, participating in patient care alongside registered staff.
2. To provide a safe and clean environment for patients during the peri-operative episode, maintaining agreed standards.
3. To uphold Trust Values.
4. Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times.
5. Transport conscious/unconscious patients safely between all acute care areas, including the hospital, theatre, anaesthetic room, and recovery room.
6. Ensure all areas within the Operating Department are clean and tidy, with adequate stock levels maintained.
7. Undertake cleaning and tidying of furniture and equipment used in theatre and associated rooms, reporting items needing repair.
8. Clean all theatres, anaesthetic rooms, floors, walls, sluice areas, and other required areas daily or as needed.
9. Remove clinical waste, linen, and sharps within theatres for collection or disposal.
10. Clean and check theatre patient trolleys after use, ensuring they are ready for use with filled oxygen cylinders and masks, reporting any issues.
11. Keep changing rooms tidy, change linen bags as needed, and replenish scrub suites.
12. Participate in the "on call" rota as required by the theatre team.
13. Maintain a stock of medical gas cylinders, respond to alarms, and change cylinders as needed, ensuring the store room is tidy.

About Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

One of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, providing a wide range of clinical services, medical education, training, and research. More information at www.ouh.nhs.uk.

The Trust includes four hospitals: John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of care and professional relationships we foster, centered around Delivering Compassionate Excellence. This focuses on compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence, putting patients at the heart of our work. Watch our approach on the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

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Lawrence Eadle - ODO Lead

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