# Staff Nurse/ODP - Anaesthetics

**Company**: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £38,488 to £46,852 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

A Staff Nurse/ Operating Department Practitioner at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) plays a vital role in delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred perioperative care to babies, children and young people undergoing surgical procedures and specialist interventions.

Working within a world-renowned paediatric hospital, the role requires a high level of clinical competence, professionalism, adaptability and compassion, with a strong focus on patient safety and positive experiences for children and their families.

Working at GOSH offers opportunities to develop specialist knowledge within advanced paediatric anaesthesia and complex surgical care. Areas of professional interest and innovation may include paediatric airway management, advanced monitoring, simulation-based training, quality improvement, clinical research and the development of evidence-based practice.

Key responsibilities include:

- Preparing, checking and maintaining anaesthetic equipment, airway devices, monitoring systems and essential clinical supplies

- Assisting anaesthetists during the induction, maintenance and emergence from anaesthesia

- Monitoring patients' wellbeing throughout the perioperative journey

- Supporting the safe administration of anaesthesia within your scope of practice

- Anticipating the needs of the anaesthetic team

- Maintaining accurate documentation

- Adhering to infection prevention and control procedures

- Responding promptly to changing clinical situations or emergencies

The role also involves providing reassurance and emotional support to children and their families, recognising the individual needs of each patient and helping to create a safe, calm and supportive environment.

Teamwork is central to the role, requiring close collaboration with anaesthetists, surgeons, theatre practitioners, recovery staff, nurses and other multidisciplinary professionals.

The salary for this role is £38,488 to £46,852 a year.

## Skills

### Required
- NMC registered nurse
- HCPC registered Operating Department Practitioner
- Anaesthetic Course qualification Level 7

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