Operating Department Practitioner

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg

• Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m

• 2km run 12 min

More information about the fitness test

• QUALIFIED:

  BSc (Hons) in Operating Departement Practice and be registered with the Health and Care Professioanls Council (HCPC).

• STUDENT:

  GCSE Grade A-C/9-4 or above in at least Maths, English Language and a Science subject or Health and Social Care.

  Or other examination board equivalent

  Plus 112 UCAS points.

  For full entry criteria information, please visit the Birmingham City University (BCU) website.

All applicants must attend the specialist Army Operating Department Practitioner insight event

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare operating theatres before surgery

• Assist military surgeons and anaesthetists during surgery

• Help with post operative patient care

• Get a UK-recognised Higher Education Diploma in Operating Department Practice

• Be involved in all aspects of care during the immediate pre-surgical and anaesthetic phase through to recovery

Step 1

Basic military training teaches you how to be a soldier. This covers everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle. This course takes place at either Pirbright in Surrey or Winchester, Hampshire.

JOIN AS A STUDENT

You will complete a two- year Diploma of Higher Education within Operating Department practice that will give you professional registration with the Health and Care professions Council (HCPC). You will be allocated a mentor at your first unit to support you through your first 12 months as a healthcare professional.

DIRECT ENTRY: If you are already a qualified ODP, you will progress from initial training to holding the rank of Lance Corporal. You will need to go on a short course to consolidate your professional training within a military environment.

Earn £26,334 during training. When your training is finished, and you join your unit you'll earn £36,637.

DIRECT ENTRY: BSc (Hons) in Operating Department Practice.

STUDENT: We train our own too. You will complete a 3-year degree programme that will give you a professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). You will be well supported by military and civilian University staff at the Defence School of Healthcare Education within Birmingham City University and will then be employed as a ODP by the Army. After successful completion of your ODP training and following completion of the ALDP career course, you will be awarded the rank of Lance Corporal. You will be allocated a mentor at your first unit to take you through your 12 month preceptorship, enabling you to rotate around the various clinical theatres to consolidate your ODP training.