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Job summary

Main area
Theatres
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT9279
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Theatre Scrub Practitioner

Band 5

 


Job overview

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic and motivated Theatre Scrub Nurses to join our dynamic Plastics Team and contribute to the growth of our services.

A specialist team at Salisbury District Hospital provides a comprehensive range of plastic surgery services, including acute and reconstructive burns care, cleft surgery supporting children across Salisbury and Oxford regions, and trauma as well as elective reconstructive procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a specialist environment at the renowned Odstock Regional Centre for Burns, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery.

Plastics also forms part of a specialty network that includes cleft surgery, burns care, and reconstructive surgery. While these posts focus on Plastics, there is scope to develop your skills and expand your knowledge base across broader specialty areas. The activity is organized between Main Theatres and Day Surgery, with plenty of support from our Senior Team Lead for successful applicants.

We offer personal and professional development within a friendly and collaborative environment. Our excellent Departmental Education Team provides training opportunities to help enhance your skills and progress your career. If you have experience working in a plastics theatre or are looking for an exciting opportunity to begin your theatre career, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver high quality evidence-based care with attention to patient experience.
  • To be responsible for the assessment, planning and reviewing of care throughout the operating list.
  • You will develop and demonstrate effective leadership qualities using excellent interpersonal skills when working in the multi disciplinary team. 
  • You will maintain a safe environment through developing and maintaining  skills in the use of surgical equipment/instrumentation according to manufacturers' instructions and Trust policies.
  • You will share your knowledge and skills through mentorship, supervision and teaching where applicable. 
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility towards professional learning  keeping up to date with training and adhering to Trust guidelines and policies. 
  • You will demonstrate an awareness of the Trust's recovery plan and an understanding of list productivity, efficiency and planning. 
  • You will have good IT skills and demonstrate accurate record keeping.  

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
 
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
 
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
 
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Clinical

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC PIN / HCPC
  • Evidence of post registration learning and development
  • Adult ALS
Desirable criteria
  • Assessor/Mentorship qualification
  • 6 months scrub experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024People Promise

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alexandra Hurley
Job title
Theatre Operational Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722336262
Additional information

Ext 4412

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