Operating Dept. Practitioner

Job Description
Registered Theatre Practitioner | Duchy Hospital | Full Time - flexibility available | £29,500 - £36,000 (FTE) DOE + Welcome/Relocation Bonus

Right now we have an exciting opportunity for a Theatre Nurse/ODP to join our Theatre team at Duchy Hospital in Truro, Cornwall.

We are inviting candidates to apply to work as part of the Theatre Team to provide a high standard of efficient, individualised patient care. Candidates must be strong communicators with exceptional standards for customer service standards. We staff our theatres in accordance with AFPP Guidance to ensure you can practice safely. We are looking for scrub experience in general surgery, orthopaedics, opthalmics, laparoscopic and plastic surgery. Up to full time hours are available, however flexibility to work part time, evenings only, weekends etc. is available upon discussion.

What you’ll bring with you

• Registered with the NMC/HCPC

• Ability to plan equipment and consumable requirements

• Sound written and verbal communication skills

• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required

• Demonstrated customer service skills

• Demonstrated computer skills

• Surgical First Assitant (Desirable)

• Advanced Surgical Practitioner Qualifications (Desirable)

What we give back to you
We have attractive benefits on offer including contributory pension scheme, access to our in house Ramsay Academy which provides staff genuine opportunities to grow and develop in your career, 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays, with a buy and sell incentive, flexible shift options, private health for you and your family, free onsite parking, corporate employee discounts and much more!

About Us
Duchy Hospital is Cornwall’s only private hospital and has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare treatments and services. Everything we do is focused on providing the very best health care to all in a clean and safe environment.
Our hospital offers both private and NHS services to the population of Cornwall and beyond and has an excellent reputation for high standards of care and customer service. Working here really means our staff have more time to care as we have a positive nurse to patient ratio.
Services that Duchy offers include elective surgery including orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, plastics, gynaecology and ophthalmology delivered through our 4 operating theatres – all with laminar flow. We also have an Ambulatory Care Unit and Inpatient ward. In addition, we also provide busy outpatient, physiotherapy and cardiology service including cardiac cath lab.

We support relocation to Cornwall
We are situated in a beautiful corner of the UK, and we recognise that people may wish to relocate to Cornwall for it’s never ending beaches, coastal views and worklife balance – not to mention the pasties! So for this Ramsay Healthcare UK will provide relocation packages of up to £3,600.
At Ramsay, we love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success. The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

All offers of employment in respect of this appointment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
_Committed to quality, equality and opportunity for all.
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We care.

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We encourage all Ramsay employees to participate in public health vaccination programmes including flu and Covid 19.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.

Job Type: Full-time