Anaesthetic / Recovery Practitioner - Alan Cumming's Day Surgery Unit

We are in search of a flexible dual nurse/practitioner who care about providing the highest standard of perioperative care to their patients and keen in developing their existing skills.

You will have the motivation, vision and leadership qualities necessary to lead a successful theatre team and have a genuine interest in the perioperative environment. As a key member of the senior team, you will deliver high standards of perioperative care, and have the ability to support and develop theatre practitioners to facilitate excellent patient care in the operating theatres.

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our Anaesthetic/ Recovery team. You will have the motivation, vision, and leadership qualities necessary to lead a safe, productive, and efficient team.

You will have the ability to support, teach and develop junior staff and facilitate the delivery of high standards of safe patient care in the operating theatres.

You are required to communicate effectively with the MDT, Matrons, and Clinical Coordinators, be empathetic and able to remain calm and focused under pressure.

You must be a Registered Nurse or ODP who holds an accredited Anaesthetic course and has recent, proven Anaesthetic experience. A recognised post qualification education course is also essential.

This is a full time post and, at the moment, there are no requirements for substantive weekend work.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.