CareerPlan

Lead Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetics

Shirley Oaks Hospital - Croydon, GBFull-time£55k2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across the perioperative pathway, acting as a specialist or functional lead within the theatre team.

Role type

Lead Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics)

Builds

Perioperative care services for surgical patients

Domain

Healthcare / Anaesthetics / Surgery

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Clinical leadership, patient safety protocols, infection control, clinical governance, mentoring, audit and service improvement, theatre scheduling systems

Preferred skills

Specialist training in orthopaedics, robotics, cardiac, or major surgery, ENB 998, mentorship course, ILS

Responsibilities

Lead delivery of patient-centred care, ensure WHO surgical safety processes, provide day-to-day leadership and supervision, mentor junior staff, support competency development, lead audits and service improvement projects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties