University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Operating Department Practitioner Theatre Speciality Lead
The closing date is 04 May 2026
The post holder will need to be an experienced Operating Department Practitioner who has knowledge and extensive anaesthetic experience across a variety of specialities. They need to have excellent leadership and clinical skills and be able to act effectively as a team leader, providing clinical leadership and management support to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met. The post holder, as a clinical expert in Operating Department Practice, will also be required to act within their professional boundaries to provide care for patients. They will work collaboratively with a multi‑disciplinary care team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
Job responsibilities
* Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
* Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.
* A knowledgeable team leader, supporting staff, service and policy development within a defined area/specialty.
* A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
* Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non‑clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.
* Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring; equipment management.
* Responsible for training provision of identified staff groups within defined areas.
* Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.
* Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
* Support patients, carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.
* Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
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.
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