Operating Department Practitioner

Job summary

We have vacancies for Registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) working in Cardiothoracic Theatres at Northern General Hospital.

The department has four busy operating theatres providing top quality, modern facilities for the management of heart and lung disease, enabling our diverse multidisciplinary team to work together to provide a high standard of care for patients across South Yorkshire and the Humber region.

The department supports elective and emergency Cardiothoracic surgical patient with a high quality surgical experience and works collaboratively with other directorates to provide a fully accessible and appropriate service.

You will be highly motivated and hard working, with excellent communication and organisational skills, experience of effective team working and a commitment to professional development. Within this role you will act as supervisor to junior members of staff and students.

Current HCPC registration is essential and you must be able to participate fully in the on-call rota ( to include evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays).

Main duties of the job

Promote high quality care, ensuring individual patients needs are assessed, care planned, implemented and evaluated regularly. Care will be patient centred and patients will be encouraged to participate in the planning of their care using evidence based research practices.

Exercise judgement in assessing wide ranging and complex patient problems. Agree solutions, ensure and promote options to enable the delivery of optimum patient care.

Act sensitively, confidentially and with empathy in demonstrating understanding of wide ranging physical and emotional needs. Take the lead in managing contentious, sensitive and delicate issues with patients, their relatives and staff.

Responsible for maintaining contemporaneous, timely and accurate records and reporting patient progress to medical staff and the multi-disciplinary team, both written and electronic

Contribute to the maintenance of an effective monitoring system of Healthcare Governance supporting compliance with risk assessment, policies and procedures, Health and Safety legislation including the use and decontamination of clinical equipment, information governance, and quality assurance measures.

Ensure all medical equipment is properly used, stored and maintained and that staff are instructed in the use of new equipment. Report breakages or loss of equipment to the Matron as appropriate

Act as a role model and teacher, providing mentorship and support and demonstrate exemplary practice to all members of the MDT.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.