# Anaesthetic Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/anaesthetic-practitioner/4f039e9c-8eaf-488c-bad1-7391ea575fc4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/anaesthetic-practitioner/4f039e9c-8eaf-488c-bad1-7391ea575fc4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Western Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T14:36:04.813Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Swindon/Great_Western_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8244153 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8244153?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gwh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As a registered Anaesthetic Practitioner , you will be an accountable and autonomous practitioner to act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. You will be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. You will be a NMC / HCPC registered practitioner or nurse who will assess, plan, implement and evaluate high quality, safe and compassionate care for patients in the perioperative setting. This care will be facilitated utilising evidence based perioperative standards, trust policies as well as local and national guidelines (e.g. NICE). ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be expected to work with the perioperative multidisciplinary team (including Anaesthetists and Surgeons) to provide effective care within the Anaesthetics, Scrub and Post Anaesthetic care disciplines, in line with scope of practice and departmental need. The post holder will support the Theatre Leadership Team to ensure standards of practice and care quality are upheld; this includes acting as a role model, supporting the learning of others and contributing to the development and implementation of improvement ideas. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Assess, plan, and implement high quality, safe, compassionate and effective perioperative care for patients, in line with scope of practice. - Ensure risk management / safety strategies, Trust policies and departmental procedures are adhered to in the delivery of patient care. - Demonstrate a sound theoretical understanding and practical application of evidence-based, perioperative care standards in line with national recommendations and clinical guidance (e.g., NICE, AfPP). - Ensure patient safety strategies (e.g., WHO surgical Safety / 5 steps to safer surgery) are implemented consistently and where appropriate, contribute to the development of new initiatives which support the improvement agenda. - Promote dignity and respect, ensuring the patient is cared for in a way that meets their expectations and maximises patient experience. - Maintain accurate, comprehensive and comprehensible records of care provision delivered in accordance with legislation, protocols and guidelines Please see the attached job description for full information ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within a Multidisciplinary team. - Experience in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, using an evidence-based approach - Experience of understanding and implementing (adhering to) Trust policies, departmental procedures and local / national guidelines. - Experience of undertaking / recording CPD activities commensurate to the role, including keeping relevant logs to support annual appraisal / validation of extended role competencies **Desirable** - Experience across a broad range of specialities in 1 or more perioperative discipline (Anaesthetics, Scrub and Post Anaesthetic Care) - Evidence of supervising junior staff and leading clinical teams - Evidence of supporting colleagues / mentoring learners / facilitating learning within the perioperative environment - Evidence of post registration CPD and recent experience as a Surgical First Assistant / ability to demonstrate specialist knowledge / competence to undertake Surgical First Assistant role ### Qualifications **Essential** - First level registered nurse or registered Operating Department Practitioner - Current registration with either NMC or HCPC - Accredited post registration qualification in Anaesthetics or Post Anaesthetic Care (as appropriate to role) - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Completion of a validated, university accredited, Surgical First Assistant programme of study to support extended scope of practice - Teaching /assessing qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10555455) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.