Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner

Ncic; Whitehaven; Remote; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Vivup counselling service

Zusammenfassung

NCIC is recruiting a Band 5 Theatre Scrub Nurse/ODP at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven. The role is 37.5 hours per week, fixed term for 12 months, with day, night, weekend and on-call commitments.

The post offers a preceptorship and development opportunities across across multiple theatre specialties. The successful candidate will join a supportive team delivering high-quality intra-operative care in a large regional service, with potential cross-site experience and dedicated mentorship

Qualifikationen

• Registered 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

Aufgaben

• Provide intra-operative care as part of the Theatre team
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in collaboration with patient and MDT
• Scrub and circulate for surgical procedures to support a safe, sterile environment
• Demonstrate compassionate values and behaviours in dignified care

Kenntnisse

Mentorship training

Team leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Venepuncture

Clinical assessment

Ausbildung

NMC/HCPC registration

Nursing Diploma/Degree

Leadership skills

Jobbeschreibung

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Main area Theatres Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (temporary) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Days, nights, weekends and an on call commitment) Job ref 262-A-26-8363149

Site West Cumberland Hospital Town Whitehaven Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Band 5 Theatre Scrub Nurse/ODP

37.5 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’s 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.

Working for our organisation

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’re 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’s 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.

Detailed job description and main 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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 eligiblevacancies

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.

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: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

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.

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

Other Requirements

• Flexible approach to working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
• Willing to undertake teaching and educate

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.