Anaesthetic Nurse/ODP

Job summary

Band 5 Anaesthetic Nurse/ODP:

We have exciting opportunities for anaesthetic practitioners to join our anaesthetic theatre team in St. George's Hospital:

• a designated major trauma centre for the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network- over 2000 helipad landings by five air ambulances in the last 7 years.
• The first in the UK 24/7 thrombectomy service for acute stroke covering London and South East.
• the heart of 24 hours in A&E!

To apply:

• You will need to be an ODP (Operating Department Practitioner) or RN1 (with recognised anaesthetic qualifications).
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Enjoy working in a busy and dedicated team.
• Be passionate about providing excellent standards of care.
• Be committed to career development.

Main duties of the job

• We are offering exciting opportunities to work within our innovative and dynamic theatre departments within one of London's largest hospitals.
• As a valued member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work across a broad range of elective specialities, including: General surgery, Bariatrics, Plastics, Gynaecology, Urology, Renal, Transplant, Vascular, ENT, Maxillofacial, Major Trauma, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Obstetrics, Paediatrics and Neonatal surgery. You will be joining our large dynamic team working across St James' Theatres, Paul Calvert Theatres and Lanesborough Theatres.
• Our commitment to excellence extends to our 24/7 emergency services, ensuring you will always be at the forefront in fast-paced critical environments serving the needs of patients.
• You will also participate in on-call commitments to support our resident night emergency theatre teams covering acute emergencies, Major trauma, and Obstetrics.
• The post holder will also be expected to offer support and supervision to junior staff and students.
• Our dedicated education team will provide further training to help further your career development as well as offering support for any challenges you face.
• We also offer a range of CPD opportunities to further support your professional advancement.
• We offer competitive staff bank rates for staff who wish to work additional hours.

About us

Located in south west London Tooting - named one of the top 10 coolest neighbourhoods in the world and only 15 min tube ride to central London - St. George's is a very friendly and a very diverse place to work at. We are proud allies of LGBTQ. Diversity and Inclusion, sustainability and wellbeing.

We have 34 operating theatres, including standalone Day Surgery unit and our brand new, state of the art Surgical Centre based in Queen Mary's Hospital site. St George's theatres are the hub of opportunities for individuals with lust for learning and development as we cover, amongst other specialities, cardiac, neuro, max fax, plastic reconstructive surgery, ENT, trauma and orthopaedics, paediatrics, Cath lab and Interventional radiology, vascular, renal transplants as well as robotic procedures.

We are the experts in advanced airway management and regional blocks.

Achievement of individual professional goals is something we care about as we believe that success and achievement bring happiness in life and as research has shown - job satisfaction and motivation!

We will support you to progress in the direction you want to go and help you to be the best you can - this in return will help us to deliver an outstanding care to all of our patients at all times.

Join us in making a difference in patients' lives everyday. Apply now and embark on a fulfilling career journey with us.