- Prepare, check and maintain anaesthetic equipment to ensure safe and effective use
- Support anaesthetists during a wide range of paediatric, maternity and general surgical procedures
- Monitor patients throughout anaesthesia, maintaining the highest standards of safety and care
- Deliver compassionate care throughout the perioperative journey, ensuring patient comfort and wellbeing
- Work collaboratively with the wider theatre team across multiple specialities to support excellent clinical outcomes
- Current HCPC registration as an Operating Department Practitioner or NMC registration as a Registered Nurse
- Extensive post-registration experience within anaesthetic theatres
- Recognised anaesthetics qualification or anaesthetic course
- Experience preparing and managing anaesthetic rooms and equipment safely and effectively
- Commitment to delivering high standards of patient care within a multidisciplinary theatre environment
- 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
- Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
- Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
- Group Life Assurance from day one
- Critical illness cover
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
- Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
- Discounts with over 800 major retailers
- Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
- Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
- Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
- Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
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