Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthamology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Saturday (Array of Shifts between 0800-2100))
- Job ref
- 273-DC-7901895
- Employer
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Moorfields Eye Hospital - City Road
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £34,186 - £37,389 Per Annum (Inclusive of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nursing Associate - Theatres
Band 4
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’s 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.
And we’re just getting started.
From 2027, we’ll move to our brand-new Oriel site in St Pancras, Camden—a state-of-the-art centre that will unite eye care, research, and education under one roof. 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.
Job overview
This exciting, new and developing role is part of the perioperative team working with Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Registered Nurses and Allied Health Care Professionals in our Theatre Complex.
Working with proximal supervision from a registered nurse/practitioner the post holder will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team providing direct and indirect care to the patient.
The post holder will perform circulating and scrub duties for a range of surgical cases as well as supporting the anaesthetist in the administration of local anaesthetics, monitoring of the patient intraoperatively and postoperatively.
Main duties of the job
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 role, maintaining public and colleague confidence
Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person he/she comes into contact with.
Uphold the privacy and dignity of the patient and respect the equality of patients at all times
Working for our organisation
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
- Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
- Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
- Free 24/7 independent counselling service
- Learning and development opportunities
- Easy and quick transport links
- A range of attractive benefits and discounts
- Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
- Free Pilates classes
- Full support and training to develop your skills
- Flexible working friendly organisation
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Duties
Contribute to the delivery of high quality evidenced based care
Work to deliver a customer focused culture acting as a role model.
To participate as a member of the theatre team as circulator in surgical procedures and carrying out safety checks with regards to swabs, instruments and needles working as the second checker.
To prepare, and make ready for use all equipment and instrument trays required for surgical procedures.
Working as delegated by the registered practitioner ensure the correct care, labelling and dispatch of laboratory specimens according to Trust and local policies.
Ensure written records are accurate and legible, enter data into theatre IT system, taking action in situations where the quality of the data may be affected.
Maintains personal contact with patients, relatives and visitors – being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring an appropriate professional environment at all times.
Foster effective and efficient working relationships across the multidisciplinary team
Undertake surgical scrubbing, gowning and gloving procedures aseptically.
Lay and prepare surgical instrumentation for use.
Working alongside the surgeon, safely passing the surgical instruments and materials within the sterile field in order to ensure safe and efficient completion of surgical procedures.
To prepare the anaesthetic room for the administration of local anaesthetics.
To prepare the patient for the administration of local anaesthetics.
To assist the anaesthetist/subtenons practitioner in the administration of local anaesthetics, supporting in the observation of the patient during this procedure.
To support in the monitoring of the patient intraoperatively and post operatively, recording accurately and legibly the patients vital signs.
To assist in the recovery phase of the patient’s journey, ensuring that notes and relevant paper work are completed. Assessing the readiness of the patient to return to the ward.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- RNA Registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register.
- Evidence of literacy and numeracy to GCSE Level
- Committed to own personal development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in working as part of a multidisciplinary team in a theatre environment
- Relevant Experience in Ophthalmic Surgery
Desirable criteria
- Supervision of Junior Staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Appropriate level of clinical skills and knowledge
- An awareness and understanding of policy and practice relevant to speciality
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cecilia Tribunal
- Job title
- Practice Educator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0207 566 4540
- Additional information
Don Kristoffer John Pol
Matron
07851110460
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