Senior Theatre Practitioner

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London Borough of Croydon; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Counselling support

Career-long learning and development

Excellent transport connection

Discount schemes (NHS/Blue Light)

Training to develop skills

Job summary

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics, subtenon & Scrub) to lead perioperative care across anaesthetic, recovery and scrub functions.

The role combines clinical leadership with operational accountability, ensuring safe, efficient theatre delivery and staff development. A senior clinical role with governance and improvement responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Part 1 of the NMC or Registered ODP with C&G 752/NVQ Level III or Diploma in Operating Department Practice.
• Experience coordinating, managing and leading teams on a day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities

• Be professionally accountable for high-quality care and safe environment.
• Lead anaesthetic, recovery and scrub teams; ensure flow and safety.
• Contribute to rota management and staff allocation; participate in audits.

Skills

Independence

Clinical leadership

Nursing audit

Education

NMC/ODP registration

Job description

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Theatre Practitioner

The closing date is 08 November 2026

Senior Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetics, Recovery & Surgical

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics, sudtenon & 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.
• It is the responsibility of the post holder to take appropriate steps to ensure this is the case and elevate if this is being compromised.
• Ensure the safer surgery checklist principles are adhered to, taking the lead if necessary ensuring the presence of the entire team.
• Be prepared to elevate non-compliance to the Department Clinical Leads.
• Act as deputy for the Department Clinical Leads as necessary.

Clinical Leadership

• Ensure the delivery of high quality evidenced 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.

About us

What's in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you your growth, your wellbeing, your future.You'll join a flexible, supportive organisation offering:

• Competitive salary (including high cost area supplement)
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• 24/7 independent counselling support
• Career-long learning and development opportunities
• Excellent transport connection
• Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
• Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

Job 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.

• Professionally accountable and responsible for the provision of high-quality care and a safe environment for patients within their delegated clinical area.
• Organise all human and physical resources in the delivery of clinical care, attempting to problem solve, but being mindful of the need to elevate to the Department Clinical Leads as appropriate.
• The assessment of care during the perioperative and postoperative period.
• The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning from the theatre suite for each patient.
• To provide skilled assistance to the Anaesthetists and Surgeons in the Operating Department.
• Have the skills, knowledge and expertise to be able to take appropriate action when dealing with emergencies.
• To successfully complete ILS and PILS training and be part of the 2222 emergency team.
• To be a role model to junior colleagues in the delivery of patient care.
• To be responsible for direct leadership of delegated staff, including but not limited to: performing return to work interviews, appraisal of staff and elevating to senior colleagues areas of poor conduct and/or performance and undertaking appropriate action to support improvement in poor conduct and or performance.
• Maintain a professional profile and develop skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC and HCPC Codes of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Act as an agent of change in achieving a culture that is flexible and responds positively to the needs of the service and our patients.
• Actively develop positive team working between theatres and the surgical wards.
• Support the theatre manager in all activities related to the improvement of theatre utilisation ensuring effective communication and flow.

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
• Appropriate experience having been acquired to be able to demonstrate evidence of successfully co-ordinating, managing and leading the team on a day-to-day basis and appropriate experience with Paediatric anaesthesia
• Teaching and Assessing course or willing to work towards
• Flexible and adaptable in approach
• Educated to diploma/degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£45,953 to £54,254 a yearper annum incl. HCAS pro rata