Job Description:

Job information Operating Department Orderly from the Company Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, this latest Operating Department Orderly job vacancy is located in the city Oxford OX located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Operating field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is an 8 theatre unit providing care for adult patients. The NOC has a world-wide reputation for excellence in orthopaedics. The hospital also undertakes specialist services such as the treatment of bone infection, bone tumours and limb reconstruction. Overall Objective : To work as a member of the operating theatre team, and to participate in the delivery of patient care while working alongside registered staff. To provide a safe and clean environment for the patients during the perioperative episode while maintaining the agreed standards. To work towards upholding Trust Values 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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk 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 . Key Responsibilities : 1. Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times. 2. To transport conscious/ unconscious patients safely between all acute care areas; to and from any area of the hospital to the anaesthetic room, theatres or recovery room. 3. Assisting with the transfer and positioning of the conscious and unconscious patients on the operating table. 4. Ensure all areas within the Operating Department are clean and tidy and that adequate stock levels are maintained. 5. Undertake cleaning and tidying furniture and equipment in accordance with cleaning schedules/allocation sheet, used in theatre and associated rooms as necessary, ensuring items which need repair are reported. 6. Cleaning all theatres, anaesthetic rooms, floors, walls, sluice area and any other area that requires cleaning on a daily basis or as required. 7. Removing clinical waste, linen and sharp bins within theatres, prepare for collection or disposal. 8. Cleaning and checking theatre patient trolley after use and daily. Ensure they have a fill oxygen cylinder and mask, and so are ready for use. Reporting any problems or breakages 9. Collecting instruments and returning them to the Theatre Sterile Service department or to the correct Theatre area. Participating in appropriate storage for sterile trays. 10.Keeping changing rooms tidy and changing linen bags as needed, ensure scrub suites are replenished and stored appropriately 11.Answering the telephone, bleeps and conveying messages to appropriate personnel 12.Participating in the “on call” rota as required by the theatre suit in which you work. 13.Transport specimens to the laboratories and other departments as and when required, completing documentation as needed. 14.Maintain a stock of medical gas cylinders, returning empty cylinders to the store as agreed locally. To respond to medical gas alarms and change Nitrous Oxide, Oxygen and Medical Air cylinders as and when required. Ensure the storeroom is tidy 15.Collect and return items as requested e.g. notes, equipment, patient belongings, blood products. 16.Participate in the teaching and development of learners and less experienced staff. 17.To perform other duties as directed by clinical members of staff. Other Responsibilities : 1. Moving theatre equipment, furniture and operating lights in preparation for surgery and/or treatment 2. To ensure that supplies delivered to the department are put away in a timely manner and rotated in accordance with date/ time management. 3. Preparation of theatre department equipment according to local policy 4. Complete operating theatre documentation appropriate to your role and in line with hospital policy 5. Have an awareness of all relevant hazard notices and safety bulletins and always ask for clarification or help if unsure. 6. Maintain the required health and safety standards of employment in accordance with the Trust policies. 7. Report immediately any incidents or accidents involving patients, staff or visitors. Maintenance of equipment and the environment including : 1. To be aware of the correct use and maintenance of equipment and taking appropriate action if found to be faulty. 2. Monitor stock levels and report any low stocks levels. 3. Knowledge of where oxygen, suction and emergency equipment is located. 4. Knowledge of the procedure in case of an emergency. 5. Awareness of legal and ethical issues. 6. To work in conjunction with colleagues to provide a safe, efficient service within given resources.

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Closed Date : 2024-12-15