Job overview

Are you an Operating Department Practitioner or Anaesthetic Nurse with a UK based Anaesthetic Qualification who is currently registered with the HCPC/NMC and working in the UK?

If so, do you want to be part of something special and help us to modernise our theatre services? Are you passionate about patient care, new ways of working and the development of an inclusive clinical environment where all views are heard and valued?

If yes then come and see what we have to offer!

Your thoughts and experience will also shape our ongoing improvement journey and through our ‘Improving Together’ programme you will have the opportunity to work with like-minded colleagues to elicit significant change. 

You will also be encouraged to develop skills and speciality-based knowledge to support anaesthetic delivery across a range of theatre procedures including general, regional and local anaesthetic cases. Your ability to support adult and paediatric patients will also be developed.

If you are interested, we can offer:

·         Online interviews

·         Full and part time hours

·         Ongoing training opportunities from our dedicated education team

·         Trust wide wellbeing services

Applicants must be registered with the HCPC/NMC and currently working in the UK. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be shortlisted

Main duties of the job

As a key member of the multi-disciplinary theatre team, you will participate in planning, delivering, evaluating and implementing the highest possible level of anaesthetic services, supporting the Anaesthetist to deliver outstanding care to patients and contributing to the overall effectiveness of Theatres at Salisbury Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be expected to develop skills and specialty-based knowledge to support anaesthetic practice in a multi-specialty environment, which may involve procedures performed on both adult and paediatric patients under general, regional and local anaesthetic.

Individual practitioners will be required to participate in a full rostered 24/7 rota, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to support service provision.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk