Senior Theatre Practitioner

Senior Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetics, Recovery & Surgical

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics, sudtenon & Scrub) to join our Theatre team. This is a senior clinical leadership role with responsibility for the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of perioperative care across anaesthetic, recovery, and scrub functions.

The post holder will act as a clinical expert and first-line leader, providing hands-on clinical care while coordinating theatre activity, supporting staff, and ensuring high standards of safety, quality, and governance. This is a predominantly clinical role with significant operational, leadership, and management responsibilities.

Professional

• To ensure that all departmental policies, procedures and guidelines, are adhered to.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanour.
• Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours and behave in a manner befitting the leadership role, maintaining public and colleague confidence.

Clinical Safety

• Take responsibility for the running of the anaesthetic, recovery and scrub teams, ensuring a proactive approach to prompt starts, the maintenance of flow and adherence to safer anaesthetic guidelines.
• It is the responsibility of the post holder to take appropriate steps to ensure this is the case and escalate if this is being compromised.
• Ensure the safer surgery checklist principles are adhered to, taking the lead if necessary ensuring the presence of the entire team.
• Be prepared to escalate non-compliance to the Department Clinical Leads.
• Act as deputy for the Department Clinical Leads as necessary.

Clinical Leadership

• Ensure the delivery of high quality evidenced based care.
• Managerial and Professional Leadership
• Encourage the staff and role model in terms of flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing demands identified by the Theatre Matron.

Financial and performance management

• Support the Theatre Matron in the management of the budget for Pay and Non Pay.

What’s in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you your growth, your wellbeing, your future.

You’ll Join a Flexible, Supportive Organisation Offering

• Competitive salary (including high cost area supplement)
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• 24/7 independent counselling support
• Career-long learning and development opportunities
• Excellent transport connections
• Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
• Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ambily Elizabeth Kurian Job title: Matron Email address: ambily.kurian7@nhs.net Telephone number: 07512553494

Jomy Jolly

Jomy.Jolly@nhs.net