Anaesthetic Practitioner

About the Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for registered nurses and operating department professionals (ODPs) to join our team as an anaesthetic practitioner in Theatres & Anaesthesia Division.

The role offers the opportunity to work in a highly specialised Main Theatres of University College Hospital.

• General surgery
• Trauma & Orthopaedics
• Bariatrics and upper GI surgery
• Colorectal
• Gynaecology
• Urology
• Oncology
• Paediatrics
• ENT
• Maxillo Facial
• Vascular
• Plastic/ Breast surgery
• Robotic Surgery

Our long‑term goal is to develop a multi‑skilled workforce through a post‑graduate certificate programme developed in collaboration with University College London Perioperative Medicine Faculty.

You must be motivated and enthusiastic with a passion for high quality patient care, as well as the ability to work well under pressure and flexibly as part of a multi‑disciplinary team. Working as an Anaesthetic Practitioner you will function effectively as a member of the peri‑operative team to ensure the provision of an efficient and high‑quality anaesthesia service.

Ensure a welcoming, caring and safe environment, as well as promoting, maintaining and monitoring standards in accordance with the guidelines of the NMC/HCPC and CQC.

• Support patients undergoing surgery.
• Assist and offer support for patients undergoing surgery.
• Support the team to prepare a wide range of specialist equipment and drugs, including anaesthetic machines, intravenous equipment and devices that safely secure the patient's airway during anaesthesia.
• Continue to support colleagues in day‑to‑day management of the unit, ensuring safe delivery of care and smooth patient flow.
• Devise, implement and assess individualised care plans for a wide and diverse patient group, promoting best evidence‑based practice.
• In the absence of the Senior Anaesthetic Practitioner, supervise junior colleagues and unqualified team members to ensure the highest standard of care.

• Operating Department Practitioner registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC).
• Nurse registered with the NMC, with an appropriate and accredited post‑graduate anaesthetic module/course.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population with academically led acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, University College Hospital Grafton Way Building, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases and University College Hospital at Westmorelan Street.

UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. Committed to sustainability, UCLH has pledged to become a carbon net‑zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout the organisation.