Specialist Anaesthetics and Recovery Practitioner

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Specialist Anaesthetics and Recovery Practitioner role at a leading NHS Trust in Manchester focuses on delivering exceptional patient care while providing clinical leadership and mentorship. The role requires a contextual understanding of theatre practices and aims to ensure high standards of clinical support across various patient demographics. Join a trusted organization that prioritizes professional development and inclusive hiring, offering opportunities for growth in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Scrub Nurse or ODP.
• Experience in Theatre and Anaesthetic practice.
• Leadership and management course completion.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality patient-centered care and support junior staff.
• Act as a positive role model and provide clinical leadership.
• Evaluate care plans for patient treatments and outcomes.

Skills

Mentorship

Leadership

Education

NMC/HCPC registered

Scrub Nurse or ODP

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Anaesthetics and Recovery Practitioner

The closing date is 13 July 2025

At the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, you'll get all the support you've always wanted to develop your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow your scope of practice.

MREH Theatres are the leading provider of ophthalmic specialist healthcare services in Manchester and treat more than a million patients every year. Our Theatre Department consists of five operating theatres, and six post anaesthetic recovery bays. Within our theatres, we provide highly specialised elective and emergency care to all age groups ranging from neonates to the elderly.

The primary focus of the post is to ensure that all patients and families receive high quality patient centered care, reflecting the Trust objectives, values and vision. The post holder will assess, plan implement and evaluate the care for these patients supporting and guiding junior staff in the process. S/he will provide direct patient care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.

The post holder will act as a positive role model within the department for staff, patients , carers and learners. The post holder will also provide clinical support and effective clinical leadership within the theatre setting The practitioner will have extensive knowledge of theatre practice and be actively involved in the teaching and assessing of junior staff in line with current National and local standards and best practice.

Main duties of the job

Working as a Specialist Theatre Practitioner within Eye Theatres, you'll be providing the highest standards of care and making a difference to the lives of our patients across Manchester and beyond. You'll provide outstanding clinical support and deliver direct care for our patients within your role in MREH theatres.

Our rostered hours are 37.5 hours, Covering Monday to Saturday including evenings. We also provide out of hours service for emergency cases 24 hours 7 days per week via on call.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Scrub Nurse or ODP and NMC/HCPC registered
• Theatre Experience

Skills

• Experience of mentorship and an ability to identify learning and development needs
• Leadership and management course

Experience

• Substantial recent experience in Anaesthetic
• Research/audits/courses/qualifications

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust