Anaesthetics Practitioner Bank

King Edward VII's Hospital, 5-10 Beaumont Street, Marylebone, London W1G 6AA

Bank
£29 per hour
Monday to Friday and Weekends
Various shift patterns available

About the Role

King Edward VII’s Hospital is a 56-bed private hospital in Marylebone with four operating theatres, level 1, delivering consultant-led care across elective, day-case, and inpatient surgery.

We provide a broad range of planned elective and day-case surgeries across its four operating theatres, with a focus on high-quality, consultant-led private care. Surgical services include orthopaedic procedures, women’s health and gynaecology, urology, and general surgery. The hospital also delivers endoscopy and diagnostic procedures, ophthalmic surgery, dermatology and minor surgery, with an emphasis on minimally invasive techniques, efficient patient pathways, and rapid recovery.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting in the routine daily planning and organisation of the theatres/allocated anaesthetic area, for clinical procedures.
• Acting as an anaesthetic member of the theatre team and partakes accountability for achieving high standards of care within the anaesthetic area.
• Co-operating with appropriate departmental staff to ensure correct positioning of patient.
• Checking, witnessing and administering controlled drugs.
• Co-operating with appropriate departmental and ward staff in sending for patients to the operating department and returning patients to their wards.
• Participating in the pre/peri/post anaesthetic/operative care of the patients.
• Ensuring that stock levels in the specific clinical area you work in daily, are kept at a reasonable and safe level.
• Responding to emergency situations with composure, maintaining patient safety and seeking immediate support.