Senior Anaesthetics Practitioner in UK

Senior Anaesthetic Nurse / ODP

Bupa Cromwell Hospital - SW5 0TU

Permanent

Up to £43,000-£51,010 + fantastic benefits

Monday to Sunday

Join us and receive a one-off Golden Hello of £3000, or £5000 towards Domestic Relocation Costs (if applicable).

We make health happen

At Bupa, you can be the Nurse you want to be.

With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority.

Building a career in Nursing has never been easier, with good hours, you can live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Our main adult theatre is a busy and dynamic environment, setting the benchmark for clinical excellence.

We have 6 operating suites catering for Cardiac, Orthopaedics, ENT and Ophthalmic, Plastics, General/Vascular, Urology and Gynaecology.

We work with surgeons who are the best in their specialities carrying out simple to the more complex surgeries.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

Your role as a Senior Anaesthetic Nurse/ODP is ensure that we provide the best quality service in a pleasant environment for both staff and patients whilst ensuring that a high quality, cost effective service is delivered to patients and consultant users.

You’ll work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, being flexible and supporting with shared tasks.

• Provide assistance to the consultants during all surgical procedures whether under local/regional/sedation/general anaesthetic.
• Assist in the positioning and preparation of a patient as directed by the surgical team and ensure that any specimens are correctly labelled and dispatched to the laboratory.
• Prepare patients for clinical / operative procedures and provide immediate post-operative care.
• Take charge of the clinical area in the absence of the Anaesthetic Team Leader, ensuring the safety of patients, visitors and staff.
• Participate fully as a team member, including working in all areas of the theatre suite, sharing knowledge and information and supporting colleagues, to promote a cohesive team and the achievement of team objectives.
• Develop and maintain effective channels of communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in multi-professional development, audits and implement actions identified from quality initiatives.
• Help motivate, develop, support and identify training needs for department staff.
• Work with the Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses, Matron and Human Resources Department in the recruitment, selection, appointment and retention of staff.
• Participate in appraisals and the setting of objectives for junior staff in the department to enable them to achieve optimal effectiveness and to understand their contribution to the department and service.
• Ensure that appropriate written induction programmes are available and utilised for all new staff within the department.
• Ensure that staff attend and assist in training where appropriate on mandatory training sessions and help to maintain accurate records of these.
• Be proactive in the risk assessment, management, clinical incident reporting and management of complaints.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• You must hold a relevant ODP / Anaesthetic Nurse qualification.
• Post-registration experience within Anaesthetics.
• Ability to deliver high standards of care.
• 2 years post qualification experience
• Experience of working in private sector (desirable)

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people.

Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing.

We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• One off Golden Hello payment (T’s and C’s apply)

• Payment of Professional Registration fees

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work

• Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass

• Various other benefits and online discounts

• Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work

• Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider.

With no shareholders, our customers are our focus.

Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.

That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer.

This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role.

We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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