Senior Operating Department Practitioner/Senior Nurse

The Senior ODP/Senior Theatre Nurse will provide clinical leadership within the theatre team, supporting the Theatre, Endoscopy and Day Surgery Manager with the safe, effective and efficient delivery of the service.

The post holder will work clinically within scrub and/or anaesthetics and recovery , according to their current professional competence. Practitioners who are competent across both areas will work flexibly across the perioperative pathway in response to service and staffing requirements.

The role involves supporting the day-to-day coordination of theatre activity, including allocation and deployment of staff, maintaining an appropriate skill mix, responding to changing clinical priorities and ensuring theatre lists are delivered safely and efficiently. The post holder will work closely with surgical, anaesthetic, nursing and wider multidisciplinary colleagues to support effective patient flow and maximise theatre utilisation.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across a varied range of surgical specialties , including General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Trauma & Orthopaedics and Oral Surgery , providing a broad and interesting day surgery caseload.

As a Band 6 practitioner, the post holder will provide visible clinical leadership , act as a professional role model and be a source of advice and support for colleagues. They will support the supervision, teaching and development of registered practitioners, healthcare support workers and learners, including contributing to competency assessment and staff development.

The post holder will contribute to maintaining and improving standards of clinical practice through participation in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, risk management and service development . They will promote evidence-based practice, support the implementation of policies and guidelines and appropriately report and respond to incidents, concerns and areas of risk.

They will also support the management and development of the theatre team, including undertaking delegated supervisory responsibilities and contributing to staff appraisal and professional development.

The service operates Monday to Friday, predominantly between 08:00 and 18:00 . Flexibility will be required to meet service needs, and the post holder may be required to undertake cross-site working across the locality to support service delivery. The existing person specification already includes the ability to travel across the locality where required.