Anaesthetic and Recovery Theatre Practitioner
37.5 hours per week (Some unsocial hours - Nights, Weekends & Late shifts)
Fixed term for 9 months (Maternity Leave cover)
Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Closing Date: Thursday 19th November 2026
Interview Date: Monday 4th January 2027
- This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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The successful candidate will work alongside existing recovery practitioners across 4 departments, including general and emergency, orthopaedics, Gynae and day surgery and pain clinic to provide care to patients in the immediate post-operative phase.
Candidates will be expected to cover out of hours work, including evening and weekends.
Recovery Experience Essential, Anaesthetic Experience Desirable.
- Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trusts ‘policies and guidelines
- Deliver a high standard of perioperative care based upon a sound evidence base.
- Provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
- Maintaining timely and accurate patient care documentation, ensuring that confidentiality is respected
- Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in our care.
- Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to always promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
- Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
- Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one’s own abilities and limitations.
- To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
Here At George Eliot Our Vision To ‘excel At Patient Care’ Takes Centre Stage. An Ever Evolving Clinically-led Acute Service Provider We Are On a Journey To Continually Provide High Quality, Safe And Responsive Services Delivered By Inspiring, Friendly And Compassionate Staff Who Share Our Corporate Values Which Underpin Everything We Do. Our Values Are Not Just Words On a Piece Of Paper, They Bond Us Together, Reflect Our Ambition And Shape Who We Are
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tereza Edwards Job title: Theatre Team Leader Email address: Tereza.edwards@geh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02476 153523
