Senior Theatre Practitioner

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At Moorfields, people's sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible. For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence. We're also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work.

Job overview:

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics, Subtenon & 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.

Main duties of the job:

• 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. Ensure the safer surgery checklist principles are adhered to, taking the lead if necessary ensuring the presence of the entire team.
• Clinical Leadership: Ensure the delivery of high quality evidence 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The post holder will be professionally accountable for the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care and for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. They will be expected to work flexibly across anaesthetics, subtenon and scrub roles. In addition, the practitioner will take part in rota management and staff allocation and implementation of audits. This is a mainly clinical role with first line management elements.

Person specification:

• Education and Qualification: Registered Nurse Part 1 of the NMC or Registered ODP with C&G 752/NVQ level III/Diploma in Operating Department Practice Anaesthetic Nursing Certificate or equivalent. Hold current ILS and PILS certificate or be willing to work towards.
• Skills/abilities: Ability to work independently and autonomously. Involvement in Nursing Audit, sustainability and Research.
• Skills: A sound and up to-date knowledge of Ophthalmic clinical conditions and their management. Provide evidence of sound clinical reasoning and decision making skills.

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure and two references. Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture.

Moorfields is a flexible working friendly organisation, and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a work-life balance that is beneficial for health and wellbeing, motivation levels and job satisfaction.