Theatre Anaesthetic and Recovery Practitioner

Senior Theatre Anaesthetic and Recovery Practitioner

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital Theatres Permanent Full time Includes weekend work
Competitive salary dependent on experience

37.5 hours per week

As the UKs largest Healthcare Charity we offer a fantastic home for your career. And well give you the freedom to work autonomously making full use of your expertise. Heres where you bring your drive passion and high standards to help shape the health of the nation.

The Senior Theatre Practitioner in Anaesthetic & Recovery will provide expert clinical support within anaesthetic and recovery services ensuring safe effective and high-quality perioperative care. The post holder will act as a senior clinician supporting theatre teams leading by example and contributing to the delivery of efficient theatre services.

The role requires strong clinical competence leadership skills and a commitment to patient safety governance and staff development. You have the qualifications and experience that are relevant to your registration including NMC or HCPC. Plus you bring post-registration experience flexibility and excellent communication skills. Youre also a great team worker.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice (Anaesthetic & Recovery)

• Provide senior support during anaesthetic preparation and in Recovery

• Deliver high-quality recovery care including airway management monitoring and escalation of deteriorating patients

• Ensure safe patient positioning transfer and handover processes

• Support adherence to WHO/NatSSIPs safety standards and local theatre policies

Leadership & Team Support

• Act as a clinical role model within anaesthetic and recovery teams

• Support supervise and mentor junior staff and learners

• Promote a positive learning environment and reflective practice

• Assist in daily coordination of theatre activity where required

Patient Safety & Governance

• Ensure compliance with infection prevention and control standards

• Maintain accurate timely and complete clinical documentation

• Participate in incident reporting investigations and learning reviews

• Support audit and quality improvement initiatives

• Ensure adherence to NEWS2 and escalation protocols

Education & Development

• Support mandatory training compliance across the team

• Assist with competency sign-off and clinical assessments

• Contribute to training delivery within anaesthetic and recovery areas

• Encourage continuous professional development within the team

Communication & Collaboration

• Work effectively with anaesthetists surgeons ODPs nurses and wider MDT

• Maintain clear communication during perioperative care pathways

• Support theatre flow scheduling and efficient use of resources

• Escalate risks concerns and operational issues appropriately

Service Delivery & Improvement

• Support achievement of theatre efficiency and utilisation targets

• Contribute to service improvement initiatives

• Promote best practice and evidence-based care

• Support reduction of cancellations and delays where possible

Personal Attributes

• Strong clinical judgement and decision-making skills

• Calm under pressure in emergency situations

• Team-focused and supportive leadership style

• Commitment to patient safety and high standards of care

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work feeling healthy happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here you can choose from a range of fitness lifestyle health and fitness wellbeing rewards such as free gym membership health assessments retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of whats important to you.

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital

Our state-of-the-art hospital is central Cambridges premium private hospital boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offer a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery) Neurosurgery Cardiology ENT General surgery as well as specialist Paediatric services.

Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state of the art digital theatres 32 beds Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite Surgical Day PODs private consultation rooms close monitoring units Chemotherapy suite on-site registered pharmacy Diagnostic scanning unit and a Pathology laboratory.

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