Senior Theatre Practitioner

We're proud of our team and recognise the significant contributions they make to patients here in the UK and globally. When you join Moorfields Eye Hospital you can help us continue to deliver excellence and equity in patient care through kindness and compassion for all.

Site Moorfields Eye Hospital Town Thorntonheath Croydon Salary £45,953 - £54,254 per annum incl. HCAS pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

YOU MAKE US MORE

Join Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

At Moorfields, people's sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible.

For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence.

We're also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work. Whether it&srsquo;t pioneering research through our partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre or training the next generation of global eye care leaders, we're united by one mission-delivering world-class eye health, sustainably and at scale.

From 2027, we'll move to our brand-new site in St Pancras, Camden-a state-of-the-art centre that will unite eye care, research, and education under one roof - Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health. This groundbreaking facility, developed in partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, will enable transformative innovation and collaboration like never before.

Could you be part of this future? Make us more.

Senior Theatre Practitioner – Anaesthetics, Recovery & Surgical

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner (Anaesthetics, sudtenon & Scrub) to join our Theatre team. This is a senior clinical leadership role with responsibility for the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of perioperative care across anaesthetic, recovery, and scrub functions.

The post holder will act as a clinical expert and first-line leader, providing hands-on clinical care while coordinating theatre activity, supporting staff, and ensuring high standards of safety, quality, and governance. This is a predominantly clinical role with significant operational, leadership, and management responsibilities.

Professional

• To ensure that all departmental policies, procedures and guidelines, are adhered to.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanour.
• Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours and behave in a manner befitting the leadership role, maintaining public and colleague confidence.

Clinical Safety

• Take responsibility for the running of the anaesthetic, recovery and scrub teams, ensuring a proactive approach to prompt starts, the maintenance of flow and adherence to safer anaesthetic guidelines.
• It is the responsibility of the post holder to take appropriate steps to ensure this is the case and elevate if this is being compromised.
• Ensure the safer surgery checklist principles are adhered to, taking the lead if necessary ensuring the presence of the entire team.
• Be prepared to elevate non‑compliance to the Department Clinical Leads.
• Act as deputy for the Department Clinical Leads as necessary.

Clinical Leadership

• Ensure the delivery of high quality evidence based care.
• Managerial and Professional Leadership
• Encourage the staff and role model in terms of flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing demands identified by the Theatre Matron.

Financial and performance management

• Support the Theatre Matron in the management of the budget for Pay and Non Pay.

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