Operating Department Practitioner Anaesthetics

Evolve Staffing Ltd. is actively seeking highly experienced, adaptable, and dedicated Band 5 HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) specialising in Anaesthetics to join operating department teams across major NHS Hospital Trusts in Poole, Dorset.

This role provides exceptional flexibility and top-tier pay rates for experienced anaesthetic ODPs who excel in high-acuity surgical environments. Operating within Poole's leading NHS acute hospital infrastructure, you will work as an integral clinical professional alongside consultant anaesthetists, surgical teams, theatre managers, and perioperative healthcare professionals to deliver safe, evidence-based, and compassionate anaesthetic support across a diverse range of elective, emergency, and trauma surgical lists.

Whether you are deeply skilled in preparing modern anaesthetic workstations, managing complex airway emergencies, or assisting with regional anaesthetic blocks, this vacancy offers an ideal pathway to flexible agency shifts within one of Dorset's flagship coastal healthcare facilities.

Key Responsibilities & Clinical Duties As a Band 5 Anaesthetic ODP, your primary responsibility is to ensure maximum patient safety, precise airway control, and seamless clinical support to the anaesthetist before, during, and immediately following surgical procedures.

Your day-to-day duties will encompass: Anaesthetic Workstation & Equipment Mastery * Performing comprehensive pre-use safety checks on advanced anaesthetic workstations, ventilators, vaporizers, breathing circuits, oxygen failure alarms, and scavenging systems. * Preparing, checking, and maintaining specialized equipment for general, regional (spinal, epidural, nerve blocks), and local anaesthesia procedures. * Ensuring complete operational readiness of difficult airway trolleys, fibreoptic bronchosco-pes, videolaryngoscopes, supraglottic airway devices (SADs), and intubation equipment.

Airway Management & Anaesthetic Assistance * Assisting the Consultant Anaesthetist during induction, maintenance, and emergence from general anaesthesia across elective and emergency surgical cases. * Executing skilled clinical support during Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI), difficult airway management, and emergency resuscitation protocols. * Preparing, double-checking, and labeling critical anaesthetic drugs, analgesics, muscle relaxants, emergency resuscitation medications, and intravenous fluids in accordance with HCPC and local Trust medicines policies.

Physiological Monitoring & Perioperative Safety * Applying and monitoring invasive and non-invasive physiological equipment, including continuous ECG, NIBP, pulse oximetry, capnography ($EtCO_2$), arterial lines, and depth-of-anaesthesia monitoring. * Managing patient positioning safely to prevent nerve injury, pressure ulcers, ...

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