Theatre Practitioner / ODP SCRUB - Ashford Theatres

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; Presencial; GBP 34.000 - 41.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Theatre Practitioner/ODP Scrub (Band 5) to join Ashford Theatres. The post covers scrub and circulating duties in a busy perioperative environment across multiple theatres, with rotation through specialties and opportunities for professional development.

You will be NMC-registered or HCPC-registered and have a relevant Diploma/degree. The role includes on-call and night shifts, ongoing training, and a supportive team focusing on

Formación

• NMC registered nurse or HCPC registered ODP.
• Qualifications/competence relevant to practice.
• Diploma/degree or equivalent.

Responsabilidades

• Provide specialist support and knowledge to patients within clinical areas in the operating department.
• Act as a role model and promote excellence in Theatre Practice and empower staff to develop clinical skills.
• Deliver skilled practical care and lead in planning and delivery of individualised patient care with junior staff.
• Be prepared to extend knowledge and rotate to other specialties.
• Participate in emergency cover, on-call shifts and night duty where applicable.
• Adhere to infection control practices and SOPs to maintain high-quality care.

Conocimientos

NMC/HCPC Registration

Perioperative practice

Diploma/degree

Educación

Diploma/degree or equivalent

Perioperative theory

Descripción del empleo

Employer Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ashford Hospital Town Ashford Salary £33,677 - £40,996 per annum inc. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 13/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/11/2026

Theatre Practitioner / ODP SCRUB - Ashford Theatres

Band 5

Job overview

Ashford Hospital operates as a dedicated Elective Centre, offering advanced facilities designed for efficient, high-quality care. The site includes eight theatres—six of which have laminar airflow systems—and a 13-bed recovery suite. The department also features two specialist ophthalmic theatres and two day surgery theatres with a dedicated three-bed recovery area. Other specialties include Breast, Colorectal, Bariatric, Upper GI, ENT, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Maxillofacial, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, and Vascular Surgery.

Our Orthopaedic Surgery withing Surrey Surgical Centre has gained GIRFT accreditation.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking, proactive and highly motivated practitioner to join our theatre team at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust. Previous theatre experience is welcome, along with experience from other specialities or those just starting on their nursing or ODP career.

As a team member, you will have a range of learning opportunities available. Starting with a rotation throughout the departments, you will develop your competencies within each speciality. We provide in house training for our fantastic staff and all team members are given the opportunity to attend conferences and training off site including the opportunity to become Surgical First Assistants and Anaesthetic Practitioners. Please contact Ashford site Matron Tom D’Souza at [e-mail] for informal visit.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to provide a safe, cost effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers. You will be expected to function clinically within the Operating Department carrying out scrub and circulating roles. They will participate in the training of junior staff and continue their own personal and professional development by rotating within the perioperative department. Effective communication skills is vital for this role both written and verbal with all levels of staff including the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives, taking into account impairments, levels of consciousness and language barriers.

You will be required to adhere to local policies, guidelines and SOP’s in order to maintain a high standard of good quality care within the department.

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Successful candidates need will:

• Provide specialist support and knowledge to patients within clinical areas in the operating department and surrounding areas.
• Act as a role model and create an environment that promotes excellence in Theatre Practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills and autonomy.
• Deliver skilled practical care to all patients and lead in the monitoring, planning and delivery of individualised patient care, providing specialist advice to junior staff in areas of practice.
• Be prepared to extend knowledge and skills by rotation to other specialties
• Participate in emergency cover for the department including out of hours shifts, on-call cover and rotation onto night duty for the Operating Department and other areas where applicable.
• Be competent in current emergency resuscitation techniques, both in theory and practice.
• Report any complaints, accidents, untoward incidents or unusual occurrences to the Clinical Manager and ensure that where possible remedial action is taken to prevent the occurrence/reoccurrence of such incidents. Ensure incident forms are completed with statements where appropriate.
• Demonstrate a personal duty of care in keeping yourself and other staff up to date in the use of new equipment and procedures in the relevant areas of care.
• Actively participate in current research and clinical audit promoting changes in practice as required.
• Ensure rigorous adherence to infection control practices including hand hygiene and universal precautions.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse or HCPC registered ODP
• Qualifications/competence relevant to practice
• Diploma/degree or equivalent

Knowledge

• Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent
• Good knowledge of IT skills
• Post registration experience working in a specific setting
• Theatre experience Specialist knowledge of all aspects of operating department practice
• Post registration experience working in a specific setting

  Skills

  • Good team player/motivator
  • Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
  • Able to accurately assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document care for patients
  • The ability to prioritise own workload, responding to changing clinical demands
  • Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
  • Ability to demonstrate the Trust values at all times
  • Evidence of advanced nursing skills in the relevant area
  • Teaching/coaching skills

  Certificate of Sponsorship
  In line with UKVI requirements, Band 2, Band 3 and Band 4 roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

  Please note that only certain roles at Band 5 and above are eligible for sponsorship.

  Employer certification / accreditation badges

  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.