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Bank Theatre Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

Job details
Posting date: 03 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 03 May 2024
Location: Trustwide, NE29 0QJ
Company: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6185586/319-6185586AZ

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Summary

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Operating Department Practitioners to join our bank. In return we can offer you:
• • Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work
• Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours
• Paid annual leave
• NHS pension scheme
• A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive role
• Opportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services
• Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing Team
• Ability to book your shifts from home using our online portal
• Option to block-book shifts in a set period
• SMS notifications of shift availability
• Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
• Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff
• Free uniform, where applicable

There are bank assignments all around the Trust, including our community settings in Haltwhistle, Berwick, Alnwick, Morpeth, Rothbury, Blyth as well as our main hospitals in Hexham, Ashington, North Tyneside and Cramlington. We have a range of shifts 7 days per week including day shifts, earlies, lates, twilight, nights and weekends. With bank you can pick and choose which shifts suit you.

We have exciting opportunities for Operating Department Practitioners to work as part of our highly motivated, dynamic post anaesthetic recovery teams within the trust.

We are looking to hire keen and enthusiastic practitioners to join our high preforming teams delivering safe, high quality patient care. We have a range of training opportunities available to support your personal development and offer specialty training in your chosen field.



We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care under the direction of the senior nurse/SODPTo assist in the provision of nursing care and maintain high clinical standardsTo exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional ConductDevelop over time and contribute to the management of a clinical area and take charge in the absence of Senior Nurse/ODPTo role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.


This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024

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