Theatre Practitioner/ ODP- Anaesthetics

Job summary

Come and join our dynamic and enthusiastic theatre team based at North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke. We work across a wide range of specialties and offer the opportunity to develop your skills in a unique and exciting setting.

The Trust currently runs a 5 day week elective service and a 7 day 24hr emergency service which includes trauma and maternity services. Applicants will be expected to work a shift pattern incorporating days, lates, weekends and occasionally nights if required.

Main duties of the job

We welcome new practitioners who want a change of career and offer an excellent in-house training and development program. For more experienced Practitioners who may be looking for a new challenge we are one of the World's leading centres for Peritoneal Malignancy surgery and are one of two Hospitals in the UK funded to treat appendix cancer also known as Pseudomyxoma peritonei. We perform Cytoreductive surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) and have an international reputation for treating peritoneal malignancy from colorectal cancer and peritoneal mesothelioma, regularly hosting teaching and training for healthcare professionals from around the globe. We also undertake advanced laparoscopic Colorectal and Gynaecological surgery, Liver resections and complex urology, as well trauma and elective orthopaedics. The orthopaedic department is recognised as a leading centre for corrective osteotomy and also for enhanced recovery for arthroplasty.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.