Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 3 years (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 249-6596011
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Apprentice Operating Department Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 3
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care to patients and wish to progress your career with the perioperative care setting, our Operating Department Practitioner apprenticeship opportunity could be for you.
Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) work as part of the multidisciplinary team, providing high quality, safe and compassionate care to patients in operating Theatre environment and other care settings. The ODP apprenticeship offers you a rewarding and challenging role that combines study and on the job training whilst enabling you to earn and work towards a professional career and registration.
The apprenticeship is a three year programme during which you will study the theory and practical requirements to be awarded a BSc (Hons) in Operating Department Practice and support registration as an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP). You will be required to commit to both university led study and clinical placements.
The Apprentice Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) will work towards becoming a Registered ODP through successful completion of the BSc degree in Operating Department Practice, leading towards professional registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and employment as a registered ODP.
Main duties of the job
Throughout the programme, the Apprentice ODP will develop and maintain the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours of a Health Care Practitioner as well as developing clinical competencies in Operating Department Practice; this includes working with a range of patient groups, surgical specialities, multidisciplinary teams and disciplines within the perioperative environment.
The Apprentice training programme combines and integrates both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between GWH and the chosen education provider(s). The Apprentice ODP will be employed by GWH but will work in a range of clinical placement settings in order that they gain experience of other health and care contexts that are relevant to their role and allow them to fulfil all the requirements of the programme.
The Apprentice ODP will be expected to work with the perioperative multidisciplinary team (including Anaesthetists and Surgeons) to provide effective care within scope of practice and in accordance with departmental need. The Apprentice ODP will be accountable for their own practice and take reasonable steps to sustain and improve professional competence and knowledge; this includes ensuring practice is in accordance with the HCPC code of professional conduct and other appropriate HCPC, trust and statutory guidelines.
Working for our organisation
We have 15 operating Theatres, 2 recovery areas, a Day Surgery Unit and a 23-hour, surgical short stay unit within our department. We are an inclusive team and work together with a shared goal of delivering high quality, evidence based, safe perioperative care. We have ambitious plans to develop our services to meet the needs of our patients, staff, as well as the expectations of our commissioners, regulators and other health partners.
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details.
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To meet university course eligibility criteria, 104 UCAS points required
- Level 3 NVQ or equivalent qualification in a health & social care subject
- Evidence of Maths and English GCSE at Grade C or Grade 4 or equivalent qualification in Maths and English (e.g. functional Skills
- Completion of Care Certificate
- Adult / Paediatric Basic Life Support
Desirable criteria
- Assistant Practitioner / Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
- Evidence of recent work-based learning / study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a Senior Health Care Support Worker
- Experience of understanding and implementing (adhering to) Trust policies, departmental procedures
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of all service users.
- Experience of communicating with colleagues and service users, including where there are barriers to understanding
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the perioperative setting
- Experience of working as an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the ODP role and contribution to the Perioperative Multidisciplinary Team.
- Willingness to commit to the educational requirement and placement expectations of the apprenticeship programme
- Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Ability to problem solve using experience, guided by appropriate trust policies / standard operating procedures / guidelines and best practice.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Brooks
- Job title
- Theatre Lead (Clinical Practice and Education)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793 604449
- Additional information
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jo in the first instance who can discuss the requirements of the role further.
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