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Job Title: Newly Qualified Operating Department Practitioners
Agency: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHSFT
Location: King’s Lynn, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 32,073 to 39,043 £ / Year

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Job Summary

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We are looking to recruit Newly Qualified Operating Department Practitioners to join our Anaesthetic team in Main Theatres. We are extremely proud of our ethos of supporting newly qualified practitioners and providing a team orientated environment. We provide an in house induction and provide an excellent preceptorship package. In house and external training opportunities are available to support you in your continued professional development.

We offer a supportive, exciting and challenging work environment with a flexible supernumerary period for new starters. We are committed to the training and development of our staff and we are supported by a dedicated Practice Development Facilitator. You will be given a rotational plan to ensure you achieve competence in your allocated speciality.

Our Main Theatre Suite comprises of nine Theatres and one Recovery Unit; one of our theatres is a dedicated obstetric theatre and two of our theatres are modern, integrated theatres. We cover a wide range of surgical specialties including advanced laparoscopic surgery.

We also provide skilled anaesthetic assistance in other areas such as CT, MRI, the Emergency Department and transfers to other units; along with participating as part of the resuscitation team.

We also encourage applications from experienced Operating Department Practitioners.

The successful candidates would be expected to participate in a rota system that provides 24 hour care, including weekends and public holidays.

Main duties of the job

Registered Practitioners who will support the perioperative team by providing skilled assistance in Anaesthetics.

This post has been identified as involving access to vulnerable adults and / or children and in line with Trust Policy; successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check.

Please note, applications will only be considered from registered ODP’s or registered Nurses with an approved UK anaesthetic qualification, or student ODP’s nearing qualification.

The successful candidate would be expected to participate in a rota system that provides 24 hour care, including weekends and public holidays.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification

Essential

  • Registered Operating Department Practitioner or nurse with UK approved anaesthetic qualification.
  • Member of Professional Body

Desirable

  • For RN – ENB 176/183/182/HDU/Critical Care, Teaching qualification e.g. ENB 998, Mentorship Preparation Programme.C&G 730,

Experience

Essential

  • Have a sound knowledge/experience of basic theatre skills and theatre processes. If no previous theatre experience – a commitment to developing skills and knowledge and some understanding of the theatre environment.

Desirable

  • Experience in broad range of theatre specialities.

Knowledge / Experience

Essential

  • Flexible attitude to work.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent team working skills.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • IT literate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 22 June 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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