Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts to include days/nights/evenings/weekends/on calls)
- Job ref
- 390-TAC-BR-6138
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- westcliff on sea
- Salary
- £31,049 per annum( pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Registered Nurse - ODP
Band 5
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Here is an exciting opportunities for you to join us as a Registered Nurse - ODP. The main duties of the successful candidate are to provide excellent care to our patients in a safe and inclusive atmosphere, fostering good relationships with the multidisciplinary team and keeping standards of care high.
Excellent aseptic skills are essential and a good knowledge of theatre nursing is required.
Training will be given to achieve this role if required.
Main duties of the job
As a theatre scrub nurse/scrub ODP you will deliver holistic, high quality patient care, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care programmes tailored to individual patient needs.
You will maintain a clean and safe working environment ensuring infection control and patient safety at all times.
You will provide support to senior staff contributing to patient care.
While working in theatres, you will maintain and expand on your competencies in the role.
You will respond to patients needs during surgery to ensure optimal outcomes.
Communication with the multidisciplinary team is key - fostering good working relationships and advocate for patients.
Supervise learners acting as an excellent role model, always adhering to NMC/HCPC standards and codes of conduct and working within your scope of practice to provide safe and excellent patient care at all times.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer the descriptions above and to the Job Description provided for the main responsibilities for this position. Training will be provided to successful applicants. The applicant must posses a current NMC or HCPC PIN.
Person specification
current NMC/HCPC registration
Essential criteria
- current NMC/HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- evidence of scrub experience
education
Essential criteria
- evidence of ongoing continuous education
Desirable criteria
- evidence of SSSA qualification
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
- Rachel Upton
- Job title
- Practice Education Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004431243
- Additional information
Jesudass Johnselvan
Theatre Manager
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