Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-NM12931
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Brompton hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 p.a Inc Inner London HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/06/2025
Employer heading

Band 5 Scrub Nurse Theatres Royal Brompton Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Our busy operating theatre suite consists of five theatres and one Hybrid theatre facility.
This role requires an experienced cardiac and/or thoracic scrub practitioner who is motivated and hardworking. As your confidence and knowledge grows you will take an active role in mentoring more junior members of staff and undertake appraisal when requested. You must have NMC or HPC registration and have extensive experience in the theatre environment
As with all theatre environments, each day with us has its own special demands as we have a variety of theatre activity on any given day. If you are a highly motivated and experienced cardiac/cardiothoracic Scrub Practitioner who would like to be part of our highly experienced team, to continue to drive our service forward, you will fit right in at Royal Brompton hospital.
Closing Date: 15th June 2025
Interview Date: 25th June 2025
Main duties of the job
Band 5 Scrub Nurse
Scrubbing and circulating for cardiac and thoracic procedures-adult and pardiatric
Working for our organisation
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe.
Our Trust is known throughout the world for its expertise, research and standard of care and you’ll quickly realize you are working alongside committed healthcare experts, who want to constantly develop the care that we give to patients.
You will be working at the Royal Brompton situated in the heart of London.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
An experienced cardiac and/or thoracic scrub practitioner who is motivated and hardworking.
Scrubbing for cardiac, thoracic and Paediatric surgical cases
Mentoring and supporting more junior members of staff
undertake appraisal.
Person specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Post-registration working in an acute theatre setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience in cardio thoracic theatres
EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- language demonstrated through effective literacy and numeracy skills
- Good interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to manage difficult situations
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a team and independently
- Caring, kind and compassionate
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
- Judy Cotterill
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033518478
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