Anaesthetic Practitioner
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9249-25-0443 |
Summary
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 Understand and commit to the professional expectations of registration (NMC / HCPC), ensuring clinical activities are undertaken within scope of practice. Effectively communicate with patients, service users and all members of the multidisciplinary team in a collaborative and professional manner; implement different communication techniques / strategies when communicating sensitive information or where there are barriers to understanding. Coordinate the clinical activity of the operating session, working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure perioperative care is safe, effective and delivered efficiently to promote utilisation of theatre capacity; this will involve day to day supervision of theatre staff. Contribute to a positive learning experience by undertaking teaching activities to support the development of staff and students within the perioperative setting; this includes promoting good practice and providing supervision to learners. Use professional knowledge to support clinical advice as well as the maintenance and improvement of perioperative standards. Accountable for maintaining standards of practice within the perioperative environment, promoting a professional, patient centred approach to care provision. Evaluate the effectiveness of care by conducting audits to inform future practice, Trust policies and departmental procedures. Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to senior staff, as well as completing incident reports (DATIX) to support timely investigation and resolution. Maintain clinical practice by keeping up to date with local/national policies, developments and initiatives relevant to professional area; utilising knowledge to inform current and future practice. Undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities commensurate to the role and scope of practice; maintain professional portfolio to support the assessment / achievement of CPD by relevant regulatory bodies (NMC / HCPC) Encourage and facilitate the generation and implementation of new initiatives within the clinical environment to support improvement for the benefit of patients, service users and colleagues. Responsible for identifying strategies to support personal and professional development; supported by line manager to achieve ambitions.