Apprentice Operating Department Practitioner

4 days ago

Salisbury, United Kingdom Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our operating theatres at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for aspiring Operating Department Practitioners to develop through a funded apprenticeship. This course requires no previous care experience as you will be fully supported to complete your induction process, care certificate and gain experience prior to the start of the course.
The Operating Department Practitioner course is a minimum of 3 years of development, through a mixture of work based learning and university study. You will be working in a variety of settings and cover all aspects of work within the operating theatre department and explore the role of the ODP outside of this. These provide further insight into the role and support you in fulfilling the requirements set by the HCPC.
We are holding a couple of Q&A sessions where you can come along and find out more about the role. There will be a chance to meet some of the team and ask any questions about the role and the recruitment process to join us an apprentice operating department practitioner.
**The sessions are on**: Monday 10 th March 17.00pm - 19.00pm Room C, Education Centre Level 5. Or Monday 17 th March 17.00pm - 19.00pm Lecture Theatre, Education Centre Level 5 Salisbury District Hospital.
Functional skills at minimum level 2 in Maths and English or GCSE in Maths and English Grade C/4 or above.
5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grades A-C or 4-9
Care Certificate (if currently working in a care environment, or willingness to complete if new to care)
Ability and willingness to travel to attend university study and daily commute for placement and work time.
Minimum 30 hours contract, must be a substantive post.
Meets the ESFA funding requirements in that non-UK nationals are
eligible for funding if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of their apprenticeship and have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes) or have obtained pre-settled or settled status under EUSS.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

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