Healthcare Management Trust
Anaesthetic and Recovery Practitioner
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Position: Anaesthetic and Recovery Practitioner
Description
If you’re passionate about care, innovation and excellence, then HMT could be the perfect place for the next step in your career. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Theatre Team at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea.
We are looking for an Anaesthetic and Recovery Practitioner to support the provision of Endoscopy services within the department under the guidance of the Endoscopy Lead. This is predominantly an Anaesthetics post, but some recovery work will be required.
We are looking to recruit for 32.5 hours, but are open to part-time and full-time applicants.
Main Duties of the Job
As part of the theatre team, you will:
- Supervise and support less experienced and unqualified members of staff and act as a role model.
- Take an active role in identifying learning needs and closing knowledge and skills gaps.
- Identify and contribute to process improvement and participate in quality monitoring activities.
- Act as Team Leader on occasion, when appropriate and safe to do so.
Sancta Maria Hospital offers treatment across all major medical specialties and care at every step of the process, from initial consultations, assessments, and diagnostic tests to treatment, rehabilitation, and post-operative care.
HMT Sancta Maria, along with their sister hospital HMT St Hughs in Grimsby, has a mission to provide safe, high-quality care to improve the health, wellbeing, and independence of their patients. Part of the Healthcare Management Trust, HMT Sancta Maria is a non-profit organization using their surpluses to fund medical research, educational grants, and dementia charities.
You'll work alongside other passionate professionals who are committed to providing the best care. We foster a collaborative and supportive approach to learning that helps everyone succeed.
Main Duties
Communication
- Liaise with the Team Leader and Theatre Co-ordinator to ensure seamless episodes of care.
- Instigate/Participate in WHO Safety Checks, Team Briefs, and Debriefs.
- Liaise and communicate with other departments and external services as necessary.
- Establish clear communication with patients, their families, and caregivers.
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- Check and maintain stock levels within the department.
- Receive, check, and sign-off medication deliveries.
- Keep up to date with local and national peri-operative initiatives.
- Contribute to the development and update of Policy and Procedures.
Analytical
- Exhibit advocacy and decision-making skills autonomously in relation to patient care.
- Contribute to, and maintain, an integrative theatre service offering flexibility where appropriate.
Quality Governance
- Participate in investigations of accidents, incidents, and complaints.
- Ensure confidentiality and safeguarding of patient records.
- Attend and contribute in departmental meetings and other forums.
Tasks Specific Skills
- Assess patient care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
- Act as a circulating member of the Theatre team.
- Ensure all relevant equipment is checked as suitable for use prior to each patient's operation.
- Assist in the preparation and clearing of Theatres.
- Assist in the safe handling, transfer, and positioning of patients.
- Assist with the labelling and dispatch of theatre specimens.
- Assist in compiling the operations register and maintain accurate patient documentation.
- Use the correct procedure when handing a patient into the care of another healthcare professional.
- Undertake on-call sessions as required.
Person Specification
Essential
- Educated to Diploma/Degree level or equivalent.
- Registered NMC or HPC Healthcare qualification.
- Evidence of recent professional development.
- Experience as a leadership role and Registered Nurse/Health care professional.
- NHS or Independent sector experience.
- Experience of working closely with clinicians of varying seniority.
- Audit experience.
Desirable
- Able to act as Anaesthetic Assistant/Recovery Practitioner for a variety of specialties and complexities of surgery.
- Manage medications effectively.
- Must be able to teach and assess others on technical aspects of the role.
- Must be able to help staff develop soft skills.
- Carry out audit and act on findings.
- Contribute to the development of programs of competency.
- Ability to analyse and prioritise.
Job Benefits
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At the Healthcare Management Trust, we are focused on achieving our Vision, to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services. Our Purpose is to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome.
We aim to provide services that value collaboration and place our residents, patients, and people at the heart of all we do. We will always do the right thing for our residents, patients, and people. We will be outwardly connected to the most innovative practices and service offerings in the market. We will do things differently and will be bold with our ambition to change things for the better.
About
We are passionate about what we do and so are our people. Bringing their most authentic selves to work and seeking joy and fun in what we do. We will deliver care and clinical interactions compassionately and tailor them to individual needs. We achieve this by living our business Values each and every day:
- We are caring.
- We are enterprising.
- We are resourceful.
- We are authentic.
- We are accountable.
Our Benefits Include
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employer pension contribution
- Wellbeing support
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recruitment referral scheme
- Continuous learning
- Career progression
- Flexible working options
- 27 Days Annual Leave (Plus Bank holidays)
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
Hiring organization
Employment Type: Full-time, Part-time
Industry: Healthcare
Job Location: Lamberts Road, Swansea, Wales, SA1 8FD, United Kingdom
Working Hours: 32.5
Base Salary: £33825 Per year
Date posted: August 21, 2026
Valid through: August 30, 2026
Position: Anaesthetic and Recovery Practitioner
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