Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the City Of London seeks a dedicated Band 5 Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner to join their Main Theatres team. This role involves maintaining a sterile environment, assisting surgeons during procedures, and ensuring high-quality patient care. Candidates should possess a nursing qualification and the ability to work autonomously across various specialties. The position also requires flexibility to cover on-call and weekend duties, promoting professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive training and development programs

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification is essential.
• Experience in a surgical environment is beneficial.
• Ability to work autonomously and be flexible across specialties.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, individualized patient care.
• Assist surgeons during surgical procedures.
• Ensure compliance with national and local care standards.
• Participate in on-call, nights, and weekend duties.

Skills

Sterile environment maintenance

Surgical assistance

Patient assessment

Autonomous working

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

We are looking for a dedicated Band 5 Theatre Scrub Nurse/Practitioner to join our Main Theatres team. The suite includes five operating theatres and one treatment room, with one theatre specialising in trauma and orthopaedics supported by laminar flow technology. A 10-bed recovery unit ensures safe post-operative care. You will work across a range of specialities, supporting the surgical team in maintaining a sterile environment, preparing instruments, and delivering safe, effective care throughout the perioperative journey. You may also rotate through the Day Stay Unit, which houses three theatres and two endoscopy rooms, and the Surgical Centre, which manages admissions and discharges for over 6,000 elective patients annually. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a busy, supportive environment focused on high quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision.
• The role demands the flexibility of being able to work across all specialties carried out within the department.
• To be responsible for a defined caseload as a named nurse.
• The post holder will be required to provide assistance to the surgeons during all surgical procedures whether under local or general anaesthetics.
• The post holder will be required to work autonomously in the theatre areas of the Trust, providing knowledge and skills for surgery in the peri-operative setting.
• The post holder is responsible for planning, implementing and assessing care of patients.
• The post holder will ensure that standards are met as per national and local guidelines, including National Frameworks.
• The post holder will participate in all operating theatres in the Trust and is expected to take part in on call, nights on and weekend duties.

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Thursday 9 Oct 2025