Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetics
Location: London, The Wellington Hospital
Employment type: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: four or five days per week, occasional weekends
Salary: Competitive + shift enhancements

We’re looking for a Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetics to join our theatres team at The Wellington Hospital. As one of the UK’s largest and most advanced private hospitals, The Wellington Hospital offers a unique environment where complex surgery and cutting edge technology come together. With 13 state of the art theatres across three specialist buildings, you’ll be part of a service delivering a diverse range of high acuity procedures, including cardiac, robotics, neurosurgery, orthopaedics and major general surgery.

In this role, you’ll join a collaborative and highly skilled theatre team where patient safety, precision and teamwork underpin everything we do. Working closely with experienced anaesthetists, surgeons, nurses and fellow ODPs, you’ll play a key part in delivering safe and effective anaesthetic care across a varied caseload. Your day to day work will involve preparing and checking anaesthetic equipment, supporting during procedures and ensuring patients are cared for throughout their perioperative journey. With exposure to specialist theatres and advanced techniques, this is a setting that supports both confidence building and continuous professional development.

At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.

What you’ll do:

• Prepare, check and maintain anaesthetic equipment to ensure safe and effective use
• Assist the anaesthetist during a wide range of surgical procedures
• Monitor patients throughout anaesthesia, maintaining high standards of care
• Support patients across their perioperative journey, ensuring safety and comfort
• Work collaboratively with the wider theatre team across multiple specialities

What you’ll bring:

• Current HCPC registration as an Operating Department Practitioner
• Proven experience working within a theatre environment
• Post qualification experience in anaesthetics
• Anaesthetics qualification
• A proactive, adaptable approach with a commitment to high standards of patient care

Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetics you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year, plus bank holidays, increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave
• 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
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• 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

Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them

Life with us means taking pride in your team and delivering the highest quality care. We’ll support your ongoing learning in an environment that features advanced equipment and practices, one of the best colleague-to-patient ratios in the UK and varied, interesting work. As part of HCA Healthcare US, the world’s largest healthcare company, we can also promise that you’ll learn from experts in every department and that your opportunities will be endless. With us, you’ll be empowered to achieve more in your career, and more for our patients.

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