Operating Department Practitioner

East Suffolk And North Essex Nhs Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

Flexible working options

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Operating Department Practitioner to work at Ipswich Hospital in a busy obstetrics and gynaecology perioperative unit. The role involves delivering high-quality patient care within a collaborative team and supporting patients through their theatre journey.

The post requires UK registration as an ODP, evidence of ongoing professional development, and willingness to cover out-of-hours shifts in a 24-hour department.

Qualifications

• Has team experience in perioperative settings.
• Evidence of exposure to or understanding of clinical practice.
• Significant recent hospital perioperative experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinically effective, high quality perioperative patient care within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrate commitment to patients, families and carers and to seeking feedback.
• Cover out of hours shifts as part of a 24-hour department.

Skills

Teamwork

Clinical experience

Hospital experience

Education

Registered ODP

Dip HE (or working towards)

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a Operating Department Practitioners to come and work in Blyth Theatres. If you are interested in a new challenge or change then this might be the role for you.

Blyth theatres specialises in obstetrics and gynaecological surgery. We have 3 theatres 2 are for elective surgery and 1 for emergency surgery.

You provide clinically effective, high quality, individualised peri-operative patient care working within the multi-disciplinary team.

We are a 24 hour department and the candidate will be expected to cover out of hours shifts.

Main duties of the job

• Demonstrate their professional commitment to patients, their families and carers.
• Be committed to actively seeking the views of those who use and those who work within out services, and responding effectively to that feedback.
• To work as part of a team to ensure the highest standards are maintained at all times
• Collaborate with a wide range of people and professional groups to improve the services we provide
• To support the patient through their journey within the theatres department.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted: 14 August 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year

per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 432-HR673-26

Job locations:
Ipswich Hospital
Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Has experience of working within a team.
• Evidence of Exposure to or understanding Relevant Clinical Experience
• Significant recent relevant hospital experience

Desirable

• Previous relevant perioperative experience
• Scrub
• Anesthetics

Qualifications

• Registered ODP
• To undertake Anaesthetic practice be able to evidence achievement of recognised national standards
• Evidence of continued professional Development Plans

Desirable

• Dip HE (or working towards)

Knowledge

• Understands the clinical role of a Nurse/ODP within the Perioperative team.

Desirable

• Has evidence of professional portfolio development
• Previous experience of working within an emergency department

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich Hospital
Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead Hollie Pomorski [e-mail]

Supporting documents

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