Operating Department Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship

Summary

Would you like to work in a hospital Theatre setting? Are you an aspiring Operating Department Practitioner? A college leaver or looking to change your career? We are recruiting ODP apprentices to assist with patient care & other department related duties. Starting as a Theatre Support Worker, you will train over 3 years to become a Registered ODP.

Annual wage: £24,071 a year
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Training course: Operating department practitioner (level 6)
Hours: Includes shift work and some weekends to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 16 December
Duration: 3 Years
Positions available: 9

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Key duties and responsibilities:

In addition to the Theatre Support Worker role, as an apprentice the learner will be working towards an HCPC registered ODP role with duties that will include:

Pre-Operative

Setting up theatres for the next day’s list
Providing support for the surgical team
Supporting the peri-operative team in sending for and collecting patients in accordance with Trust policy using the 6 point check system as documented
Assisting the anaesthetic team

Intra-operative

Delivering a high standard of individualised personal care to patients, promoting their dignity and safety at all times
Having knowledge of the surgeon’s preferences and the procedure being undertaken to ensure ability to provide suitable assistance, i.e. operations involving imaging / x-ray need lead gowns, keyhole surgeries require stacks etc
Using initiative and knowledge of procedure to anticipate items and equipment needed by surgical / anaesthetic team
Responding appropriately to clinical emergencies to ensure patients receive appropriate care i.e. can locate emergency buzzer and can react to emergency requests appropriately
Maintaining accurate recording of data on Epic, operating registers and traceability systems, under the supervision of the red hat
Assisting the anaesthetic team
Acting as a Circulating Practitioner
Assist with the moving, handling and positioning of patients in accordance with the Trust’s Moving and Handling policy

Post-operative

Cleaning of theatres at end of surgery
Dispose of clinical waste safely and appropriately in line with Trust policy
Ensure the back corridor of theatres are tidy, stock up area including any associated trollies
Return instruments to designated places in the storeroom after cases
Set up theatres for next day’s list – kitting, instruments and equipment

For a full list of duties, please go to the CUH website: https://bit.ly/3Y3w4Ht

Where you’ll work

Addenbrookes Hospital

Hills Road

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 0QQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

Your training course

Operating department practitioner (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Identify the limits of own practice and when to seek advice or refer to another professional or service

Manage own workload and resources safely and effectively, including managing the emotional burden that comes with working in a pressured environment

Keep own skills and knowledge up to date

Maintain high standards of personal and professional conduct

Engage in safeguarding processes where necessary

Promote and protect the service user’s interests at all times

Respect and uphold the rights, dignity, values, and autonomy of service users, including own role in the assessment, diagnostic, treatment and / or therapeutic process

Maintain high standards of care in all circumstances

Obtain valid consent, which is voluntary and informed, has due regard to capacity, is proportionate to the circumstances and is appropriately documented

Exercise a duty of care

Apply legislation, policies and guidance relevant to own profession and scope of practice

Recognise the power imbalance which comes with being a health care professional, and ensure it is not for personal gain

Practise in accordance with relevant medicines legislation

Identify own anxiety and stress and recognise the potential impact on own practice

Develop and adopt clear strategies for physical and mental self-care and self-awareness, to maintain a high standard of professional effectiveness and a safe working environment

Recognise that they are personally responsible for, and must be able to, justify their decisions and actions

Use own skills, knowledge and experience, and the information available, to make informed decisions and / or take action where necessary

Make reasoned decisions to initiate, continue, modify or cease treatment or the use of techniques or procedures, and record the decisions and reasoning appropriately

Make and receive appropriate referrals, where necessary

Exercise personal initiative

Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem solving

Use research, reasoning and problem solving skills when determining appropriate actions

Respond appropriately to the needs of all different groups and individuals in practice, recognising this can be affected by difference of any kind including, but not limited to, protected characteristics, intersectional experiences and cultural differences

Recognise the potential impact of own values, beliefs and personal biases (which may be unconscious) on practice and take personal action to ensure all service users and carers are treated appropriately with respect and dignity

Make and support reasonable adjustments in owns and others’ practice

Actively challenge barriers to inclusion, supporting the implementation of change wherever possible

Adhere to the professional duty of confidentiality

Respond in a timely manner to situations where it is necessary to share information to safeguard service users, carers and / or the wider public and recognise situations where it is necessary to share information to safeguard service users, carers and / or the wider public

Use effective and appropriate verbal and non-verbal skills to communicate with service users, carers, colleagues and others

Communicate in English to the required standard for the profession

Work with service users and / or own carers to facilitate the service user’s preferred role in decision-making, and provide service users and carers with the information they may need where appropriate

Modify own means of communication to address the individual communication needs and preferences of service users and carers, and remove any barriers to communication where possible

Use information, communication and digital technologies appropriate to own practice

Use effective communication skills when sharing information about service users with other members of the multidisciplinary team

Use effective communication skills in the reception and identification of service users, and in the transfer of service users to the care of others

Keep full, clear and accurate records in accordance with applicable legislation, protocols and guidelines

Manage records and all other information in accordance with applicable legislation, protocols and guidelines

Use digital record keeping tools, where required

Work in partnership with service users, carers, colleagues and others

Contribute effectively to work undertaken as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Identify anxiety and stress in service users, carers and colleagues, adapting own practice and providing support where appropriate

Identify own leadership qualities, behaviours and approaches, taking into account the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion

Demonstrate leadership behaviours appropriate to own practice

Act as a role model for others

Promote and engage in the learning of others

Apply psychological and sociological principles to maintain effective relationships

Participate in team briefings and debriefings following treatment, procedures or interventions

Engage in evidence-based practice

Gather and use feedback and information, including qualitative and quantitative data, to evaluate the responses of service users to own care

Monitor and systematically evaluate the quality of practice, and maintain an effective quality management and quality assurance process working towards continual improvement

Participate in quality management, including quality control, quality assurance, clinical governance and the use of appropriate outcome measures

Evaluate care plans or intervention plans using recognised and appropriate outcome measures, in conjunction with the service user where possible, and revise the plans as necessary

Calculate accurately prescribed drug dosages for individual service user needs

Participate as part of a team managing a clinical emergency, where necessary

Change own practice as needed to take account of new developments, technologies and changing contexts

Gather appropriate information

Analyse and critically evaluate the information collected

Select and use appropriate assessment techniques and equipment

Undertake and record a thorough, sensitive, and detailed assessment

Undertake or arrange investigations as appropriate

Conduct appropriate assessment or monitoring procedures, treatment, therapy or other actions safely and effectively

Critically evaluate research and other evidence to inform own practice

Engage service users in research as appropriate

Undertake all sex urinary catheterisation

Undertake appropriate pre-assessment, anaesthetic, surgical and post-anaesthesia care interventions, including managing the service user’s airway, respiration and circulation and providing assisted ventilation where necessary

Monitor and record fluid balance, and where appropriate, administer prescribed fluids in accordance with national and local guidelines

Prepare and administer drugs to service users via a range of routes, including oral, rectal, topical and by intramuscular, subcutaneous and intravenous injection

Take appropriate action in response to any significant change or adverse reaction in response to the effects of drugs

Undertake venepuncture, peripheral IV cannulation and blood sampling

Assess and monitor the service user’s pain status and as appropriate administer prescribed pain relief in accordance with national and local guidelines

Modify and adapt practice to emergency situation

Undertake the management of a service user in cardiac arrest and participate in the team managing on-going resuscitation, where required

Receive and identify service users and their care needs

Participate in the briefing and debriefing of perioperative teams and the use of surgical safety checklists

Formulate specific and appropriate care plans including the setting of timescales

Effectively gather information relevant to the care of service users in a range of emotional states

Adapt and apply problem solving skills to clinical emergencies

Demonstrate awareness of relevant health and safety legislation and comply with all local operational procedures and policies

Work safely, including being able to select appropriate hazard control and risk management, reduction or elimination techniques in a safe manner and in accordance with health and safety legislation

Select appropriate personal protective equipment and use it correctly

Establish safe environments for practice, which appropriately manages risk

Promote and comply with measures designed to control infection

Apply appropriate moving and handling techniques

Position service users for safe and effective interventions

Ensure the safe use of medical devices used in perioperative, anaesthetic, surgical and post-anaesthesia care

Empower and enable individuals (including service users and colleagues) to play a part in managing own health

Engage in occupational health, including being aware of immunisation requirements

Your training plan

You will study a Level 6 Operating Department Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship

Training includes:

Coaching sessions
Independent research
In-house training including systems training
Learner support to write assignments
Lectures/workshops
Team meetings
Shadowing & mentoring
On-line learning led by CUH/training provider (during paid hours)
Role play
Simulation exercises
Completion of ‘off the job training log’ e-portfolio
Departmental rotation
Time to complete reflective journal

More training information

The training for this apprenticeship role will take place at Cambridge University Hospitals
You will be required to attend the university for one week per year (residential course)
Dates are variable

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade Grade 4/C or above)
Maths (grade Grade 4/C or above)
3 other subjects required as well as English/Maths (grade Grade 4/C or above)
study with 112 UCAS points (grade C or above/Pass)
a Health and Social Care related course (grade Pass)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Care Certificate (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Time management
Enthusiastic
Positive work ethic
Keen to learn
Understand confidentiality
Motivation
Punctuality

About this company

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

* Development opportunities * On-site leisure facilities * Shopping concourse * Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel * Free Park & Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road & Trumpington sites * Subsidised on site parking costs for eligible staff

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Apprentices will be required to complete the BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practitioner programme approved by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the College of Operating Department Practitioners
Upon registering with the HCPC, you are guaranteed a job as a Band 5 ODP at Cambridge University Hospitals
Come and join us and be supported to earn as you learn whilst undertaking a nationally recognised qualification with a starting apprenticeship salary of £24,071

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rona Goodge

rona.goodge@nhs.net

01223 216732

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279833.

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Closes in 12 days (Monday 14 October)

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