Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
We’re a large organisation, providing acute services from the Alexandra Hospital (Redditch), Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre and Worcestershire Royal Hospital (Worcester) to a population of over 575,000 people in Worcestershire, as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and further afield. We also manage a Surgery ward at Evesham Community Hospital.
Our workforce is nearly 6,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
It’s an exciting time to join the Trust. In partnership with staff, patients and partners, we are developing of our Clinical Services Strategy which will outline how our services will be organised effectively across our sites into the future. Our Clinical Services Strategy will build on the improvements already put in place in recent years, following the Future of Acute Hospital Services in Worcestershire review which has seen improved outcomes in a number of areas, including maternity and children’s services.
Our objectives are simple:
Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people.
If you can help us to achieve these; if your vision matches our vision; and you believe in Putting Patients First, we would love to hear from you!
In return, we commit to investing in our staff to ensure that we retain and develop the right people, with the right skills, who care about and take pride in, putting patients first.
**THIS VACANCY IS ONLY OPEN TO PEOPLE CURRENTLY WORKING AT WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST**
Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking individual with an interest in providing a high standard of care to patients within the perioperative setting?
Would you like to work towards registration as a fully qualified ODP by undertaking a degree level apprenticeship?
At Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust we are offering an amazing opportunity to undertake an Operating Department Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship in association with Birmingham City University. As part of our vision to provide the best healthcare for our communities we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who share our beliefs and who want to grow with our organisation.
Operating Department Practitioners are vital members of our multidisciplinary team working within theatre departments. They ensure safe, effective, and holistic care throughout the patient’s perioperative journey and can also be found working in other areas such as A&E, Critical Care and Imaging Departments. This apprenticeship is a new and innovative route to acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviours required across a range of areas of perioperative care.
For the duration of the Apprenticeship you will be employed and paid according to the Band 3 pay scale as an Apprentice ODP on a 3-year fixed term contract and you will be required to work as part of the operating department team on a full time basis - 37.5 hours per week working a range of shifts including weekends and nights. You will be fully supported to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours that will allow you to work in a dynamic, complex and changing healthcare environment.
On successful completion of the Apprenticeship you will be eligible to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council to enter the Register of Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) enabling you to apply for Band 5 ODP job opportunities within the Trust.
The 3 year course combines work-based and academic learning between one of the three hospital sites within Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust and you will also experience working across county in all of our perioperative placement areas to gain wider experience.
Birmingham City University will provide this Apprenticeship, in which you will study for a BSc (Hons) in Operating Department Practice, incorporating the Integrated Degree Apprenticeship standards for Operating Department Practice. Course fees will be funded by the Trust’s Apprenticeship Levy.
Our Trust 4Ward values form a framework for a positive and supportive environment for our patients, visitors and staff. We believe that all candidates should be able to demonstrate and be equally committed in fulfilling these values to be successful in their application.
Supporting Statement
Please detail in your supporting statement why you would make a good candidate for this opportunity. Please include details such as evidence of team working ability, professional engagement, motivation, communication skills (verbal and written) and evidence of personal and professional values.
Academic Entry Requirements: You will need to have 5 GCSE including maths and English at grade A-C or 4-9 or suitable equivalent, as well as 112 UCAS Tariff Points and you should be able to provide original exam certificates to evidence all required qualifications.
You will also have a minimum of 6 months experience working in the peri-operative environment. The selection process will be based on application and a joint interview with employer and University.
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to fair and equitable treatment of all our staff and all job applicants. We are opposed to any form of negative discriminatory or unfair treatment on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, marital/civil partnership status or disability.
For any further information please contact any of the recruitment and development leads for Theatres rebecca.brennan@nhs.net or chloe.smith17@nhs.net orlyndsey.neate@nhs.net
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