Job summary
Employer heading
Anaesthetic Practitioner - POW - ODPs
Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
To provide Anaesthesia care/assistance and develop skills through rotation through Anaesthetic areas.
Work towards the highest standards of patient care in Anaesthesia to reflect the standards and values of the Local Health Board.
Support the Deputy Clinical Lead/ Clinical Lead to develop and implement policies and procedures.
Support the Deputy Clinical Lead/ Clinical Lead on duty in providing a safe, effective and efficient delivery of the service.
Support the development of students within the area.
Occasionally required to ensure an effective service in the absence of a Deputy Clinical Lead/ Clinical Lead.
Main duties of the job
Theatre Practitioner Anaesthetics
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 Anaesthetic Practitioner at Princess of Wales Hospital theatre department.
We seek enthusiastic individuals to work in Main Theatres covering a variety of specialities.
The role encompasses all shift types to meet departmental needs, requires individuals who are hard working, motivated and keen to further their development within a supportive culture
You will be expected to use clinical and evidenced based knowledge and skills to actively contribute to service development across the perioperative pathway, identifying opportunities and supporting individuals in the delivery of high quality patient care.
The Operating Theatres are a really exciting and interesting place to work. Emergency cover is 24/7 365 days a year with on-call provision.
We offer a range of Surgical specialties including –
Emergency/Trauma, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, General Surgery, ENT, Ophthalmic, Urology, Paediatrics.
With a great senior experienced team on board we are able to offer a supportive learning and development opportunity for all staff.
This is a big opportunity in a vibrant Health Board, who is committed to staff education and development with a Perioperative Educator available to teach on site and support is provided through mentors and a highly experienced team.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Good Standard of Application
Essential criteria
- Good Standard of Application
Experience or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Theatre experience or knowledge
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nigel Jones
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Anaesthetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656752350
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