Anaesthetic Nurse/ODP (Band 5) Theatre Anaesthetics | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care provider in Greater London is seeking a motivated nurse or ODP to join its anaesthetic team. The role involves delivering anaesthetic support, ensuring high standards of patient care, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should have a strong background in clinical practice and a dedication to patient advocacy. This position offers dynamic work environments and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Clear career pathways

Flexible working requests welcome

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate interest in high quality post-operative care.
• Expected to perform tasks of a specialist registered nurse/ODP.
• Maintain excellent clinical standards of practice.

Responsibilities

• Assist and support the Anaesthetist to deliver anaesthetics to Theatre patients.
• Work with the theatre team to deliver high quality patient care.
• Support staff development as part of the theatre team.

Skills

High quality post-operative care

Anaesthetic support

Clinical standards monitoring

Mentoring and role modeling

Evidence-based trends

Education

Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner qualification

Job description

Overview

The Royal Marsden has a vital role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education, and leading‑edge practice. We are incredibly proud of our international reputation for pushing the boundaries and for our ground‑breaking work ensuring patients receive the very latest and best in cancer treatment and care.

Rated as CQC ‘Outstanding’, The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer care, pioneering treatment and ground‑breaking research, and has achieved one of the best results for staff engagement across all acute specialist Trusts in the most recent NHS Staff Survey. We have an overall patient experience rating of 9/10, the highest score for any Trust for quality of care. We provide our nurses and ODPs with the training, support and staffing levels that enable them to provide the best care to patients.

We have seven modern theatres in Chelsea, including two robotic theatres, and two in our sister hospital in Sutton, and a well equipped recovery room. We recover a range of patients, from day surgery patients to those progressing to HDU, and from a wide range of specialties, including Sarcoma and Melanoma, Upper and Lower GI, Plastics, Head and Neck, Gynaecology, Urology and Breast. Our specialist recovery team is trusted, hard working and supportive, and we’re looking for a motivated nurse or ODP who can demonstrate a real interest in high quality post‑operative care to join us.

Responsibilities

• As a member of the anaesthetic team the post holder will be expected to perform all the tasks of a specialist registered nurse/ODP with assisting and supporting the Anaesthetist to deliver general anaesthetic, sedation and local anaesthetics/regional blocks to our Theatre patients and patients in outside areas including Endoscopy, CT scanner and Interventional Radiology, in line with National and Trust Theatre Policy.
• The post holder will also work in conjunction with the rest of the theatre team to deliver high quality patient care whilst maintaining theatre efficiency and managing resources.
• Support the senior staff and multi‑disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards of clinical practice and staff development as part of the theatre team.
• To be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of all staff by acting as a mentor and role model with the support of their senior colleagues.
• To act as patient advocate in line with current NHS policy and to actively apply in‑depth knowledge of holistic/socio‑economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff.
• To be aware of and champion current evidence‑based trends and developments in theatre practice and in the NHS and be responsible for supporting the continuing professional development of departmental staff and self.
• To support the effective utilisation of resources effectively and to ensure that safe staffing levels are maintained for within the department.
• To have continuing responsibility for the provision of a suitable, clean, uncluttered, and safe environment for the physical and psychological wellbeing of staff and patients.
• To provide a suitable and safe environment for the physical, psychological, and spiritual wellbeing for staff, patients/clients and their relatives/carers.
• To take part in the out of hours theatre on call rota (following appropriate training/orientation).

Background

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world‑leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on‑going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Friday 14 Nov 2025.