Job overview

Adult Nurse/ODP

Would you like your role to be somewhere where you are nurtured, given the correct amount of supernumerary training and support to feel confident, an environment where you can utilise your skills and give patients the care you really want to.  We are recruiting Nurses/ODP to join our exceptional theatre team.

Main theatres cares for patients requiring CEPOD (emergency), MTC/ Trauma, renal, liver, Vascular, ENT, Neuro, Upper GI surgery. 
The roles in Theatre consist of scrub practitioners, anaesthetic practitioners and Recovery Practitioners.

Scrub practitioners assist the surgical team by being one step ahead. They prepare and organise the equipment required, assist the surgeon by passing the instruments and ensure the patients safety throughout. They are required to learn the process and Anatomy and physiology of a variety of operations.

Our team are renowned as highly skilled and a vital part of the wider Perioperative Care Directorate. Through joining us you will be offered unrivalled training and professional support within a hardworking and dedicated environment. 

Main duties of the job

The scrub person requests that the circulating person opens the appropriate tray and then opens and hands the supplementary equipment to the scrub person maintaining sterility of the items.

Before the start of the operation the scrub person checks the identity and consent form as per policy.

The scrub person initiates the checking procedure, as per policy, for all items used within the sterile field.

The scrub person, at his/her discretion, can undertake as many checks as necessary during an operation

The scrub person is responsible for ensuring that the used trays and supplementary equipment are returned to the SSU in a neat and tidy condition, following the safe disposal of sharps.

The scrub person will hand over the patient to the recovery practitioner as per policy.

Following the operation, the scrub person is responsible for the completion of all care documentation and entering the information into the Theatre Management system.

The scrub person must ensure that specimens are taken to the specimen collection point and recorded in the appropriate book.

All staff will be expected to take part in the internal rotation, weekend rota and late shifts when requested.

Ensure all equipment is checked prior to use and any defective equipment is removed cleaned and sent for repair as per policy.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Working for our organisation

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services.   Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is  “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our  vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal.   As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing.    We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.   Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.    

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.    Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline.  Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff  and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.