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A diverse array of exciting careers and opportunities working in the county’s operating theatres will be showcased at a recruitment event at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch on Saturday, November 11.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting aspiring healthcare professionals, or anyone interested in starting a career in theatres, to come along and meet its Theatre team in the hospital’s Arafa Education Centre between 10am and 4pm. The event will include presentations on theatre careers in the NHS along with apprenticeships, career opportunities including the many ways in which you can quickly progress your career through the pathways available.

“This is an excellent opportunity to come along for an informal chat with our very friendly theatre team,” said Andy Fryer, Countywide Recruitment and Development Lead at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. “There’s a great deal of excitement surrounding theatre careers in the county at the moment. We recently opened two brand new state-of-the-art operating theatres as part of the Trust’s wider plans to develop the Alexandra Hospital as a surgical centre of excellence, and recruiting the right people will help us achieve this goal.”

The event’s Recruitment and Development Lead, Chloe Smith, said: “Many careers in operating theatres are not well known. We hope that this event will allow people to discover our numerous specialties within anaesthetics, surgery and post anaesthetic care.”

There are many members of the Theatre team and many have joined via different routes. Bethany Pope, Apprentice Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) started working in the team in 2018, as a Theatre Assistant. After spending time watching and working with ODPs she decided to pursue the apprenticeship available at the Trust. ODP apprenticeships are funded by the Trust’s Apprenticeship Levy which supports those undertaking the apprenticeship with university and college funding for course fees whilst also providing practical study at work.

Bethany, who is now only three months way from qualifying and becoming a registered professional, said: “If you’re a Theatre Support Worker, a qualified ODP, Theatre Nurse, or are interested in starting a career working in our theatres then I would urge you to come along. We have a really friendly and supportive team and have a number of vacancies available in a number of roles at the Trust’s three sites. Visitors are free to drop in on the day at a time convenient to them.”

For more information visit www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ or you can register an interest or find out more via the Facebook event here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1399162467665467