Operating department practitioners play a major role in each phase of a person’s operation.
Related roles
- Theatre nurse [2]
- Theatre support worker [3]
- General surgery [4]
- Anaesthesia [5]
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Operating department practitioners play a major role in each phase of a person’s operation.
Links
[1] https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/allied-health-professionals/roles-allied-health-professions/operating-department-practitioner
[2] https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/nursing/roles-nursing/theatre-nurse
[3] https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/wider-healthcare-team/roles-wider-healthcare-team/clinical-support-staff/theatre-support-worker
[4] https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/surgery/general-surgery
[5] https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/anaesthesia