Senior Surgical Care Practitioner

Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) in the trust, specifically Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital perform over eight hundred cases annually. We have six RAS theatres on both sites including Nuffield operating theatre and HCA. Further, the Trust has three different robotic platforms: Intuitive Surgical (Da Vinci), Cambridge Medical Robotics (CMR) and Hugo Medtronics. There is a total of eight robotic platforms in the Trust. Currently the SCPs covers Urology - (Prostate, Bladder, Kidney); Renal (Donor Nephrectomy and Transplant ); Thoracic; Gynaecology, Colorectal, Upper and Lower GI., Working under the direct supervision of surgeon ( Urology, Renal, Colorectal, Gynaecology, Thoracic, and Upper GI.

The successful applicants will assist fellows, senior and junior clinicians during robotic surgery.

The successful candidate should have experience of bedside assisting during robotic surgery although support and training can be given where required.

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.