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Tri-Service / Joint
Non-Commissioned Officers
Code: DMS-ODP

Defence Operating Department Practitioner

Registered Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC) supporting anaesthetic, surgical and recovery phases in field hospitals and MDHUs.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • anaesthetic assistance
  • • surgical scrub
  • • recovery care
  • • trauma surgery support
  • • infection prevention

Responsibilities

  • • assist in field and host-nation operating theatres
  • • prepare and check anaesthetic equipment
  • • support surgical teams on Role 2/3 deployments
  • • manage instrument trays and consumables
  • • maintain HCPC registration via CPD

Equipment

  • • anaesthetic machines
  • • surgical instrument sets
  • • deployable theatre equipment

Typical Clearance

SC

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Civilian Translations

Operating Department Practitioner

Health & Care

94% Match

Defence ODPs are HCPC-registered — direct lateral move into NHS theatres or private acute hospitals.

Core Transferable Skills

anaesthetic assistance
surgical scrub
recovery care