Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week (Weekends, days and night shifts)
- Job ref
- 321-RS-NOTSS3-188-B2
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- JR2 Theatres
- Town
- Headington Oxford
- Salary
- £18,005 - £19,337
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/02/2021 23:59
Employer heading

Operating Department Orderly
Band 2
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
We are recruiting for Operating Department Orderlies for the John Radcliffe Theatre Department. If you are motivated and have some experience of working with people in a busy environment, then we are looking for you. This job involves assisting the team of registered practitioners in the care of patients which involves working both inside and outside of the operating theatre. The role involves working as part of a team, transfer of patients, assisting in the setting up of theatres, cleaning the environment in line with hospital policy and stocking up. The successful candidate will contribute to creating a safe, clean and welcoming environment for the patients. Successful candidates will be supported in practice by theatre staff, to ensure the smooth running of the area. We will provide a comprehensive induction programme to support your development which includes an in house perioperative course and competencies. An ability to work flexibly in a challenging environment is required. If you are successful in obtaining a position with us as a Operating Department Orderly, you will be required to take part in shift work to provide 24 hour cover which includes weekends, bank holidays and nights. Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. |
Are you a passionate & dedicated Operating Department Orderly?
The John Radcliffe Main Operating Theatre Department has 5 theatres where routine and emergency surgery takes place. Specialties include vascular, emergencies, general, gynae, trauma orthopaedics and spinal surgery. The unit provides care for mainly adult patients and is the theatre suite for Major Trauma. We can offer both full and part time posts which will include a commitment to day / night rotation, bank holidays and weekend working with participation in an on call rota.
Winners of the OUH Clinical Team of the Year Award 2019
We provide a supportive learning environment which includes preceptorship, supernumerary status while achieving competencies (with further support in the initial phase of working solo), an in-house perioperative course, assistance with revalidation, leadership and career development. Further CPD is available including the PG Cert/Dip Advanced Perioperative Care. This course is accredited by the University of Northampton and delivered in the OUH. We have a dedicated Education team in place with a comprehensive education strategy to underpin the development of all grades of staff within theatres to facilitate career development and progression.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Junjun Bertumen
- Job title
- Charge Nurse
- Email address
- junjun.bertumen@ouh.nhs.uk
- Telephone number
- 01865226821
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