Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthesia)

Job summary

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) is looking for enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetic) to join our team. This is an exciting time to join a team working at the forefront of cutting-edge healthcare.

You will be part of an exceptional team of medical professionals, who pride themselves on a culture of developing, educating, and stimulating colleagues to excel in their professional fields and careers. We aim to develop the skills and knowledge of our teams to be the very best they can be.

We are welcoming, we respect our patients and each other. We are committed to deliver high quality service through working together, transparency and clear decision making. We are leaders in what we do. We are proud of our reputation for being the best and we are innovative in our pursuit of better ways of working.Our Theatre Department provides a comprehensive neurosurgical service covering the full range of neurosurgical patients including all cranial, simple, and complex spinal conditions. It specialises in surgery for epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and other movement disorders. There is an excellent team of radiologists and vascular neurologists performing interventional procedures. The theatre department comprises of 6 theatres, plus Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The recovery area has 9 beds.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and an ability to put their patients at the centre of care demonstrating kindness and patience. A desire to learn is essential and will see you excelling in your field.

In turn we will offer you the ability to advance your skills and aim to provide you with a high standard of training in the clinical area and through our practice development team and from Southbank and City higher education institutions. This is an opportunity to work in a Trust with UK's most advanced clinical teaching facility. The Education Centre's Learning Hospital provides opportunities for healthcare professionals at every level to learn enhance and optimize their clinical skills and medical knowledge through experiential learning. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery is a major international Centre for Neuroscience training and research. We offer a wide range of educational, research and career pathways and the chance to work in an area which is pioneering.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.