Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cumbria seeks a Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner to join their dynamic team at West Cumberland Hospital. This role offers fixed-term opportunities for experienced or newly qualified RNs/ODPs, including a dedicated preceptorship program. Responsibilities include providing intra-operative care and ensuring a sterile environment during surgical procedures. Candidates eligible for relocation assistance are welcomed to apply.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Post Registration Theatre Experience required.
• Commitment to undertake mentorship module on completion of preceptorship qualification.
• Understanding of expanded roles / professional practice issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent intra-operative care for all patients undergoing surgery.
• Scrub and circulate for surgical procedures maintaining a safe and sterile environment.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs of care in partnership with patients.

Skills

Clinical governance

Ability to communicate with MDT

Ability to work as a member of a team

Extended clinical skills

Teaching/Mentoring

Education

Registered General Nurse/ODP, with active NMC/HCPC registration

Diploma/degree in Nursing

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner

The closing date is 07 October 2025

35 hours available fixed term for 12 months

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Theatre Practitioners to join our dynamic Theatre Team at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven; at the heart of the Lake District. NCIC has 2 hospital sites in Carlisle & Whitehaven serving a population of around 320,000 people. While based at one hospital the successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain experience in working across both sites. We provide theatre support to women\u2019s health, maternity, breast, urology, vascular, colorectal and general surgery, trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery, and ENT and head & neck, for both adults and paediatrics, in both main theatre & day surgery settings. We support Critical Care inter-hospital transfers and specialist services within the Trust such as Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, imaging and the emergency department.

This post is not only suitable for experienced Registered Nurses/Operating Department Practitioners, but it is an exciting start to any newly qualified RN/ODPs career. A preceptorship period is offered to all successful applicants, but our Trust has a dedicated one year preceptorship programme offering ten study days during this period to enhance any newly qualified RN/ODPs knowledge and skills.

Main duties of the job

The main role of this post is, as part of a team, to provide excellent intra-operative care following the NCIC values and policies for all patients undergoing surgery within the Theatre Department.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs of care in partnership with the patient and the multidisciplinary team.

The Scrub Practitioner will scrub and circulate for surgical procedures, assisting the surgeon to maintain a safe and sterile environment.

Demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We\u2019re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of \'safe, high quality care every time\'.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust\u2019s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:

• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Unlock Tel: [phone], email [e-mail] or complete the online form on the Unlock website

Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check \u00a321.50, Enhanced DBS check \u00a349.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: \u00a318 + Administration cost of \u00a33.85 = \u00a321.85. Deducted at \u00a66.85 from 1st month salary and \u00a55 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: \u00a338 + administration cost of \u00a33.90 = \u00a341.90. Deducted at \u00a311.90 from 1st month salary and \u00a010 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse/ODP, with active NMC/HCPC registration
• Commitment to undertake mentorship module on completion of preceptorship qualification.
• Post Registration Theatre Experience
• Diploma/degree in Nursing. Leadership skills

Experience and Knowledge

• Able to manage a Ward/Department area for a period of a shift.
• Understanding of expanded roles / professional practice issues
• Extended scope of practice skills, e.g. venepuncture
• Experience of managing and co-ordinating a team
• Relevant nursing/practitioner duties. Continuing professional development, with portfolio
• NMC Code of Conduct.
• Results interpretation.
• Clinical governance
• Thorough understanding of contemporary nursing issues, i.e. CNO Nursing Strategy.
• Evidence of innovation in practice
• Teaching/Mentoring
• Knowledge of primary care

Skills and Aptitudes

• Able to deal with a continually changing workload
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
• Ability to communicate with MDT.
• Ability to work as member of a team
• Extended clinical skills e.g. venepuncture,
• Interpreting baseline observations
• Basic IT skills.
• Able to use initiative appropriately

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust