Theatre Practitioner - Anaesthetic Lead

Theatre Practitioner | Anaesthetics Lead | Full Time | Permanent | Methley - LS26

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced ODP with Anaesthetics experience to join our Theatre Department on a full time, permanent basis at Spire Methley Park.

Spire Methley Park Hospital situated in Methley in South Leeds, has recently completed a 7.6 million refurbishment, which included a new theatre equipped with cutting-edge technology enabling us to carry out complex surgery across a variety of clinical specialties. At Spire Methley Park Hospital caring for our patients is at the heart of what we do. We provide expert medical care in our modern, well-equipped hospital for all of our patients.

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead a team of skilled staff to provide planned care for patients requiring perioperative intervention.
• Support the theatre manager by providing regular updates and reports on your team and speciality.
• Provide specialist advice and expertise to the team and consultants.
• Liaise with consultants regarding planning and special requirements for lists.
• Advise and work with SSD and other key departments on specialist equipment that must be kept in good working order.
• Work with the Robotic Clinical Lead to develop a plan and to ensure staff are appropriately trained in use of the robot.

Who we're looking for

• RN or ODP qualification
• Anaesthetics Experience
• Analysing staff and theatre management problems and coming up with viable solutions
• Working as a perioperative practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes
• Challenging consultants to influence evidence based practice.
• Supervisory experience (desirable)

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free onsite parking

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Lauren Armitage on

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications