Job overview

The post holder will be required to work autonomously in the ECT service of the Trust, providing skilled assistance to the Anaesthetist as per the College of anaesthetist guidelines. This includes the treatment area and all other areas within the ECT service. The operating department practitioner provides recovery care for patients after receiving ECT, having planned, implemented and assessed all aspects of their care within the service.  

The post holder will support the senior staff, ensuring high standards of effective care are delivered to all patients within the ECT service. The post holder must have experience in theatre/anaesthetic practice and be prepared to take on responsibility as the sole operating department practitioner working within the ECT service and Trust.

 The ODP will assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients undergoing ECT procedures. The ODP will repare the ECT anaesthetic room for treatment in relation to instrumentation, equipment and supplies required for the procedure, ensuring waste is kept to a minimum. In the case of anaesthetics ensure all necessary and emergency equipment is available and in working order. Also ensure equipment is checked routinely and maintained, and takes appropriate action with faulty equipment as per Trust policy.

Main duties of the job

The ODP will be required to work autonomously in the ECT service of the Trust, providing skilled assistance to the Anaesthetist as per the College of anaesthetist guidelines. This includes the treatment area and all other areas within the ECT service. The operating department practitioner provides recovery care for patients after receiving ECT, having planned, implemented and assessed all aspects of their care within the service.

The ODP will support the senior staff, ensuring high standards of effective care are delivered to all patients within the ECT service. The post holder must have experience in theatre/anaesthetic practice and be prepared to take on responsibility as the sole operating department practitioner working within the ECT service and Trust.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas – About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

· We’re Kind

 · We’re Fair

 · We Listen

 · We Care