Lead Angiography Anaesthetic Practitioner

Job Description:

Job Title: Lead Angiography Anaesthetic Practitioner

Location: Cromwell Hospital 164-178 Cromwell Road London SW5 0TU

Contract: Permanent

Salary range: Competitive plus Bupa Benefits

Hours: Full-Time 37.50 hours per week
Role specifics: flexible shift patterns extended day activity from 8am to 8pm and on-call commitment.

As a Clinician at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.

Joining Bupa youll benefit from access to our state-of-the art Clinical Training Facility a centre for connected learning care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.

Youll help us make health happen by:

The Lead Anaesthetic Practitioner in Angiography is a pivotal leadership role within our growing Cardiac Services. Youll work in partnership with the Head of Cardiac Services to help shape performance frameworks develop meaningful KPIs and drive progress against service goals and improvement milestones.

Youll shape and deliver high standards of operational practice support the continued development of the angiography service and bring expert clinical knowledge across a broad range of cardiac radiology and vascular anaesthetic procedures.

From induction through to maintenance and recovery youll help create a safe responsive and patient-centred environment where excellence is the standard.

Youll work closely with and foster strong professional relationship with Theatres Lead Specialist Nurse in Angiography the Lead Clinical Cardiac Physiologist for Invasive Diagnostics and Therapies the Superintendent Radiographer in Angiography and the scheduling team to maximise capacity and ensure the service runs smoothly and efficiently.

Additional responsibilities:

• Provide visible leadership across anaesthetic and sedation practice ensuring high-quality evidence-based care throughout the entire patient pathway (pre intra and post-procedure.

• Maintain advanced clinical expertise in cardiac angiography and interventional procedures delivering safe anaesthesia monitoring and recovery care using specialist equipment.

• Ensure patient safety governance and clinical excellence including audits incident reporting and adherence to best practice in anaesthesia and sedation.

• Support and coordinate day-to-day service delivery ensuring efficient patient flow smooth procedures and high standards of admission and discharge processes.

• Oversee staffing levels rota planning and resource allocation ensuring safe staffing and continuity of service delivery.

• Lead or contribute to strategic projects innovation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service performance and patient outcomes.

• Work closely with consultants and senior leads (nursing physiologists radiographers) to deliver a coordinated high-performing cardiac service.

• Promote a learning culture by mentoring coaching and developing staff and contributing to education programmes across the service.

• Provide performance management feedback recruitment and team development building a high-performing and engaged workforce.

• Operate within regulatory frameworks (NMC/HCPC CQC governance standards) maintaining accountability professionalism and ethical practice at all times.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Relevant post-qualification clinical experience (essential

• Specialist knowledge gained in a Cath Lab environment (essential)

• Experience of advanced specialist procedures through accredited training (essential)

• Able to perform specialist diagnostic investigations in varied clinical settings (essential)

• Experience supervising staff day to day (essential)

• Experience leading audits research or equipment trials (essential)

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (Adult) or HCPC Registered Operating Department Practitioner (essential)

• Diploma or Degree in Healthcare Studies (essential)

• Comprehensive cardiac anaesthesia training (essential)

• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Benefits:

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health from mental and physical to financial social and environmental wellbeing.

We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Payment of Professional Registration fees

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year increasing through length of service with option to buy or sell

• Access to Bupa Campus and our Clinical Training Facility to support your clinical career development

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work

• Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass

• Various other benefits and online discounts

• Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work

• Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony

Why Bupa

Were a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose helping people live longer healthier happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to Be you at Bupa we champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. Thats why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. Well make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.

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