Operating Department Practice

Doctors and nurses aren’t the only key players in hospitals and healthcare settings: Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) also play a crucial role. If you’d like to be part of the valuable team helping patients prepare, undergo, and recover from surgery, then this course is for you.

The operating department assists patients throughout their time in whichever healthcare setting they may be in. Gain both expertise and experience with a combination of academic study and clinical practice in a real world environment at our clinical allocation hospitals.

Thanks to our specialist skills and valuable work placements, you’ll graduate with excellent career prospects, as well as the opportunity to become accredited and registered as an ODP with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Year 1
• Basic anatomy and physiology for peri-operative practice
• Introduction to peri-operative practice skills
• Caring for individuals in the peri-operative environment
• Understanding fundamental surgery practice
• Understanding fundamental anaesthetic practice
• Concepts of inter-professional and collaborative practice
Year 2
• Developing Operating Department Practice skills – complex care needs
• Ambulatory care/ Day surgery practice skills
• Applied anatomy and physiology for peri-operative practice
• Post anaesthesia care skills
• Scope of professional practice for Operating Department Practitioners
• Appraising evidence for research informed practice
Year 3
• Preparation for Advanced Perioperative Practice
• Pathophysiology and pharmacology for peri-operative practice
• Contemporary issues in peri-operative practice
• Enhanced recovery and emergency care in theatres
• Improving quality, change management and leadership