Job Description Operating Department Practitioner/Registered Staff Nurse - Recovery (20 hours | Duchy Hospital, Cornwall)

The role

At Ramsay Health Care UK, we know our people are our most important asset. Join our Theatre department as a Recovery Nurse/ODP and support on our journey of ‘people caring for people’. You’ll have the best facilities – many of our theatres have laminar airflow systems and state of the art integrated theatre technology.

You’ll also have access to the Ramsay Academy, with potential to gain your ALS, and the chance to develop your career across our 30+ network of independent hospitals across the UK. Like us, you have a can do attitude, and you’re committed to delivering the highest quality clinical outcomes in a supported environment, where you will be valued for your skills and expertise.

Where you’ll be based Duchy Hospital, Truro, Cornwall

What you’ll bring with you NMC/HCPC registration

Recovery experience within orthopaedics and other specialties

ALS would be desirable, but not essential

Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently

Flexible and positive attitude

A warm, considerate and empathetic character

​ Why join us?

At Ramsay Health Care UK, our people are at the heart of our success. Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, because we’re people caring for people:

Health, Wellbeing & Financial Security Private Medical Cover, with the option to add your partner and dependants

Discounted Bupa Dental Insurance

Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 your base salary

Private Pension, with Ramsay matching up to 5% after a qualifying period

Employee Assistance Programme

Work–Life Balance 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days

Flexible shift patterns, where possible

Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave

Volunteer leave to support causes that matter to you

Career Development & Recognition Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy to support your career development

Colleague recognition programme to celebrate our people

Lifestyle & Everyday Perks Access to our benefits platform, offering a wide range of discounts

Cycle2Work scheme

Subsidised staff restaurant, where possible

Free parking on site, where possible

About Us

Duchy Hospital is Cornwall’s only private hospital and has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare treatments and services. Everything we do is focused on providing the very best health care to all in a clean and safe environment. Our hospital offers both private and NHS services to the population of Cornwall and beyond and has an excellent reputation for high standards of care and customer service. Working here really means our staff have more time to care as we have a positive nurse to patient ratio.

Services that Duchy offers include elective surgery including orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, plastics, gynaecology and ophthalmology delivered through our 4 operating theatres – all with laminar flow. We also have an Ambulatory Care Unit and Inpatient ward. In addition, we also provide busy outpatient, physiotherapy and cardiology service including cardiac cath lab.

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We care.

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.