Operating Department Practitioner / Anaesthetic Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced and newly qualified Band 5 Operating Department Practitioners or Anaesthetic Trained Nurses to join the Children's and Obstetric Theatres services at the Royal London Hospital. The role involves working in diverse specialties including major trauma, ENT, Dental, and Neonatal Surgery. You will provide skilled assistance to anaesthetists and rotate through adult inpatient theatres and paediatric recovery areas to gain experience. The team is committed to professional development and delivering excellent standards of care.
Key responsibilities
- Provide skilled assistance to the anaesthetist during operating procedures.
- Work in Children's and Obstetric Theatres covering diverse specialties.
- Rotate through adult inpatient theatres to gain trauma experience.
- Rotate to work in paediatric recovery areas.
- Commit to professional development and building a skills portfolio.
Essential criteria
- Operating Department Practitioner on the HCPC register OR Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
- Accredited Anaesthetic Course completed, or student due to qualify.
- Previous theatre or acute ward experience.
- Clear written communication
- Ability to provide skilled assistance to the anaesthetist during operating procedures.
- Commitment to professional development and building a skills portfolio
- Knowledge relevant to anaesthetic practice and theatre care, supported by the required anaesthetic training.
- Commitment to developing clinical competencies.
Desirable criteria
- Developing skills in trauma, neonates and advanced airway techniques
- Interest/experience in trauma care
- Knowledge developed through paediatric, obstetric, adult theatre, neonatal or advanced airway exposure.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,488 – £46,852 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Barts Health NHS Trust
Operating Department Practitioner / Anaesthetic Nurse
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced and newly qualified band 5 Operating Department Practitioners/Anaesthetic Trained Nurses to join our Children's and Obstetric Theatres services at the Royal London Hospital.
We have 4 Children's theatres and 2 Obstetric theatres at the Royal London Hospital covering a diverse range of both elective and emergency work in a variety of specialties including major trauma, via the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). Our paediatric elective work includes a range of clinical specialities; ENT, Dental, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Plastics, General and Neonatal Surgery, Ophthalmology.
As part of your development you will have the opportunity to work in our adult inpatient theatres on a three month rotation. During the rotation you will gain invaluable trauma experiences and increase your knowledge and skills. As an Anaesthetic Nurse/ODP in children's and obstetrics theatres you will also be rotated to work in our paediatric recovery areas, allowing our department to work together as one team.
We have a welcoming, well-established team where excellent standards of care are delivered. We understand the rights to privacy and dignity and we always put patients first.
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