The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
About the Role:
Join a leading cancer treatment and research centre in Manchester as an experienced ODP/Registered Nurse in Surgical Theatres, Proton and Brachytherapy department. This role focuses on delivering high-quality patient care within a fast-paced, specialist oncology environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate as a member of the Anaesthetic/Recovery Theatre team, demonstrating extensive knowledge in peri-operative patient care.
- Demonstrate high standards of individual patient care, committed to evidence-based practice.
- Competently care for peri-operative patients, assessing, planning, and evaluating programs of care.
- Liaise and integrate with the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring comprehensive patient care and a team-focused approach.
- Develop strong working relationships and effective communication with all clinical staff.
- Liaise with peri-operative teams to audit and evaluate clinical practice and surgical products for quality improvement.
- Work with senior colleagues to develop practice improvement strategies based on audit findings.
- Encourage and participate in initiatives enhancing quality care.
- Be proactive towards change and change management.
- Promote and maintain a supportive environment for professional development.
- Take responsibility for your own professional development, including further training opportunities.
- Participate in the training and education of learners (including medical students and allied medical professionals).
- Monitor the progress of learners and their practical procedure skills.
- Demonstrate professional accountability and act as a clinical role model for new staff.
- Ensure prescribed drugs and treatments are administered correctly and in line with Trust policy, including controlled drugs.
- Offer support and advice to patient relatives, responding to their needs.
- Ensure safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies.
- Maintain clinical area cleanliness and order.
- Maintain computerised patient records.
- Use scan track system and track/trace medical devices in theatre.
- Demonstrate mandatory Trust competencies and attend mandatory updates.
- Work under direction of a senior colleague, performing theatre co-ordinator duties as required.
- Comply with Trust guidelines, policies, and standard operating procedures.
- Utilise incident reporting system and participate in incident investigations.
- Assist in departmental audits and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines for self and others.
- Monitor care standards and participate in care improvement initiatives through benchmarking, audit, and research.
- Support patient and public involvement activities, leading to service improvement.
- Ensure compliance with untoward incident reporting and near misses.
- Promote people’s equality, diversity, and rights.
- Assist the Senior Theatre Sister and manager in monitoring and using supplies / equipment effectively.
- Comply with best practice in the safe use of equipment.
- Assist the theatre manager in maintaining theatre budgets and cost-saving projects.
Skills and Expertise:
- Current Registered ODP (or Registered Nurse)
- Minimum 2 years Adult Anaesthetic and Recovery experience
- Paediatric anaesthetic experience desirable
- Teaching and assessing skills desirable
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly motivated and organised
- Ability to work with initiative
- Proven experience in peri-operative patient care
Why Join Us:
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre in Manchester. We offer a supportive environment focused on staff health, wellbeing, and career development with opportunities for further training and progression within a rewarding specialty. Be part of a successful operating team in an award-winning organisation that invests in its staff and delivers high-quality patient care.