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Theatre Practitioner - Scrub RN/ODP
Duchy Hospital - Truro
30 Hours per week
Right now we have an exciting opportunity for a Theatre Nurse/ODP to join our Theatre team at Duchy Hospital in Truro, Cornwall.
We are inviting candidates to apply to work as part of the Theatre Team to provide a high standard of efficient, individualised patient care. Candidates must be strong communicators with exceptional standards for customer service standards. We staff our theatres in accordance with AFPP Guidance to ensure you can practice safely. We are looking for scrub experience in general surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmic, laparoscopic and plastic surgery. Up to 30 hours per week hours are available.
What you’ll bring with you
Registered with the NMC/HCPC
Ability to plan equipment and consumable requirements
Sound written and verbal communication skills
Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required
Demonstrated customer service skills
Demonstrated computer skills
Surgical First Assitant (Desirable)
Advanced Surgical Practitioner Qualifications (Desirable)
Why join us?
At Ramsay Health Care UK, our people are at the heart of our success. Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, because we’re people caring for people:
Health, Wellbeing & Financial Security
Private Medical Cover, with the option to add your partner and dependants
Discounted Bupa Dental Insurance
Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 your base salary
Private Pension, with Ramsay matching up to 5% after a qualifying period
Employee Assistance Programme
Work–Life Balance
25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days
Flexible shift patterns, where possible
Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave
Volunteer leave to support causes that matter to you
Career Development & Recognition
Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy to support your career development
Colleague recognition programme to celebrate our people
Lifestyle & Everyday Perks
Access to our benefits platform, offering a wide range of discounts
Cycle2Work scheme
Subsidised staff restaurant, where possible
Free parking on site, where possible
About Us
Duchy Hospital is Cornwall’s only private hospital and has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare treatments and services. Everything we do is focused on providing the very best health care to all in a clean and safe environment.
Our hospital offers both private and NHS services to the population of Cornwall and beyond and has an excellent reputation for high standards of care and customer service. Working here really means our staff have more time to care as we have a positive nurse to patient ratio.
Services that Duchy offers include elective surgery including orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, plastics, gynaecology and ophthalmology delivered through our 4 operating theatres – all with laminar flow. We also have an Ambulatory Care Unit and Inpatient ward. In addition, we also provide busy outpatient, physiotherapy and cardiology service including cardiac cath lab.
Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England.
We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.
“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We care. It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.
We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people at risk. We expect all employees to share this commitment and behave in a way that supports it. All successful candidates will be provided with safeguarding training appropriate to their role.
Ramsay Health Care is a trusted provider of private hospital and healthcare services in Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Every year, millions of patients put their trust in Ramsay, confident in our ability to deliver safe, high-quality healthcare with outstanding clinical outcomes. We operate hundreds of hospitals, day surgeries, primary care clinics, mental health services, diagnostics and imaging centres across eight countries. Ramsay’s integrated health services are also available at home and in the community through personalised cancer and cardiac care, psychology, allied health, virtual monitoring and telehealth.
Ramsay employs more than 90,000 of the best people in healthcare and supports a wide range of teaching, training and research. We are guided by our longstanding purpose of ‘people caring for people’ and driven by our vision to be a leading healthcare provider of the future.
