Anaesthetic Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 09/10/2026
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“Minimum of 12-months experience working in anaesthetics in the UK in the past 3-years - we cannot accept ANY experience from outside the UK”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
NHS Professionals is seeking experienced Anaesthetic Practitioners (ODP/RN) to join the theatres team at University Hospital Southampton. The role involves providing high-standard, individualized patient care across various surgical specialities, including Trauma Orthopaedics, Vascular, Cardiac, and Neuro. Candidates should be able to work in high-pressure situations, demonstrating maturity, motivation, and enthusiasm. This is an opportunity to inspire, develop, and support patients and colleagues within a major trauma centre.
Essential criteria
- Qualified Registered Nurse / ODP with NMC/HCPC registration
- Minimum of 12-months experience working in anaesthetics in the UK in the past 3-years - we cannot accept ANY experience from outside the UK
- Completion of post qualification course that includes the competencies equivalent to those in the CODP pre-registration ODP curriculum documents
- Qualified Registered Nurse / ODP with NMC/HCPC registration
- Minimum of 12-months experience working in anaesthetics in the UK in the past 3-years - we cannot accept ANY experience from outside the UK
- Completion of post qualification course that includes the competencies equivalent to those in the CODP pre-registration ODP curriculum documents
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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NHS Professionals Limited
Anaesthetic Practitioner
The closing date is 09 October 2026
Job summary
NHS Professionals are looking for bank ANAESTHETIC PRACTITIONERS to support the theatres team at University Hospital Southampton
UHS has 40 theatres, you will work across multiple areas including Trauma Orthopaedics, ENT Max Fac, Vascular, Thoracic, General and CEPOD along with Cardiac and Neuro. The team also works in X Ray, Cath labs, Angio suites CT and MRI scanners. We support our ED colleagues caring for Level One Trauma, we are an adult and paediatric Major Trauma Centre.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high standard of individualised patient care, in accordance with agreed policies and within available resources, which has the Trust core values at its heart. You should be able to demonstrate the aptitude to work in highly pressurised situations with maturity, motivation, enthusiasm, and common sense.
-We are looking for an experienced ODP/RN who is ready for the next step in their Anaesthetics career, is passionate and will strive to inspire, develop and support every patient, every colleague, every day.
-As a Band 5 ODP/RN in anaesthetics you will have recent post- registration experience within an acute theatre environment.
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