Theatre Scrub Practitioner

WWL; Wigan; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Band 5 Scrub Practitioner to join its theatres teams across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh. The role supports adult surgical cases with a rota across seven days, including day and night shifts, and welcomes soon-to-be-qualified student nurses and ODPs.

The post is 30 hours per week (part-time) with a salary of £32,073–£39,043 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/ODP with current NMC/HCPC registration.
• Experience of working on own and as a member of a team.
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

Responsibilities

• Identify what is required of self in delivering individualised patient care.
• Develop competencies in self that safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC / AODP Codes of Conduct.
• Participate in the effective use of allocated resources / funding.
• Demonstrate awareness of local/national policies and strategies, and keep knowledge up-to-date.

Skills

Flexible working

Teamwork

Communication

Education

NMC/HCPC registered nurse/ODP

Tools

ORMIS

HIS

Job description

Main area Theatres Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

30 hours per week (Shifts are 0800-1800/0800-2045/2030-0800 (night duty)) Job ref 302-26-8341170S-TAP

Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Town Wigan Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

People at the Heart. One Team. Your Career at WWL.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit dynamic and flexible Band 5 Scrub Practitioner at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust. You will be rewarded with real job satisfaction as confirmed by our employee surveys. This satisfaction comes from working in a team that puts patient’s interests at the heart of everything they do.

Our driving force is our ability to invest in our people, as we support our Theatre Nurses and ODPs to build their skills through mentoring and formal training such as ALS and PLS.

The role involves working a rota pattern across 7 days Monday - Sunday, including days and nights.

Soon to be qualified student nurses and ODPs are welcome to apply.

Please Note: Candidates will be asked to provide original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.

Main duties of the job

Spread over three sites Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh cover both acute and elective surgery with a wide procedure portfolio .

Across our three theatre sites teams work closely with some of the region's leading consultants and are exposed to the latest innovative, evidence -based clinical techniques, on our Wigan site we have our integrated laparoscopic theatre our Wrightington site have investing a surgical robot and our Leigh site is currently expanding to four operating theatres.

Here on the Wigan site we undertake adult and paediatric elective and emergency surgery, with Wrightington and Leigh focusing on elective adult surgery.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high‑quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.

We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

People at the Heart

Listen and Involve

Kind and Respectful

• ONE Team

We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high‑quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.

At WWL, we recognise the strength that comes from a rich and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key results from the job holder

The post holder will demonstrate responsibility for:

• Identifying what is required of self in delivering individualised patient care.
• Developing competencies in self that safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC / AODP Codes of Conduct.
• Participation in the effective use of allocated resources / funding.
• Demonstrating awareness of; and participation in development to meet demands, and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
• Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
• Promoting safe systems, which assure all aspects of risk reduction, complaint with the Health and safety at work act 1974 and the agenda for Clinical Governance.
• Demonstrating an awareness of local/national policies and strategies, and ensure up-to-date working knowledge of legal matters that, may impact within the clinical area.
• Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through application of evidence based practice.
• Participating in self-development and development of less experienced staff to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.

Planning and Organisational Duties

The post holder will participate in, and influence, care delivery by:

• Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
• Identifying, maintaining, evaluating and improving the quality of care through application of evidence based practice within the clinical area.
• Developing sound clinical skills and competency within their defined field working without direct supervision to ensure the application of professional standards in all aspects of care delivery within the clinical environment.
• Demonstrating an awareness of the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing individualised high quality patient care.

Communications and Key Working Relationships

The post holder will demonstrate effective communication and organisation awareness levels by:

• Using a multimedia approach to influence outcomes.
• Working closely with own team, theatre co-ordinator, senior team leader and matron/theatre manager to promote good work relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintaining compliance with the Data Protection Act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered to.
• Maintaining accurate and legible records of care. To respond to requests for information.
• To receive and pass on information to others, maintaining confidentiality.
• To build and maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues across the division and Trust.
• Maintaining accurate and timely records.
• To communicate effectively with all professions.
• To behave in a professional manner at all times.

Responsibility for Finance

The post holder will participate in:

• Contributing to the effective and efficient utilization of theatre resources identifying shortfalls and liaising with senior team leader / theatre co-ordinator.
• Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service
• Demonstrate awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service

Responsibility for Human Resources

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Adhere to Trust policies and maintenance of the professional Code of Conduct.
• Adherence to legal requirements of Trust, NMC and HPC.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Maintaining consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.

• Ensuring that all work is carried out in a safe manner with due regard to the Health and safety regulations.
• Ensuring risk assessments of all situations are completed.
• Taking appropriate action and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.
• Maintaining a duty of care towards personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
• Maintaining compliance with the data protection act 1998 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
• Effectively using verbal and written word to influence outcomes.
• Participating in the timely recording of patient documentation ensuring that only accurate and effective data is collected about the care episode.

Responsibility for NHSLA

The post holder will:

• Monitor the standards and quality of care and lead on improvement through benchmarking, audit and research.
• Contribute to the development of clinical policies / procedures / guidelines / standards of care within the theatre department.
• Participation of departmental research and audit.
• Application of evidence based practice within the care delivery.
• Demonstrate under pinning theoretical knowledge within their clinical practice of Infection control, Health and Safety, Ethical and Legal issues.
• Demonstrate adaptability of the role within distinct clinical environments.
• Recognise the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing individualised high quality patient care.
• Demonstrate application of professional standards in all aspects of care delivery within the clinical environment.
• Demonstrate adherence to the NHSLA standards and outcome.
• Demonstrate adherence to CQC essential standards of quality and safety.

Responsibility for Teaching

The post holder will promote life‑long learning through the use of appropriate coaching, teaching and assessment in practice by:

• Ensure own clinical credibility by maintaining own professional development and completion of mandatory training session.
• Participate in the induction and subsequent training of new staff members and pre-registration students acting as a mentor to students as required.
• Participate in the development of educational programmes for use within the clinical area.
• Provide education and development opportunities for the team.
• Act as a positive role model at all times.

Work Circumstances & on-call

• Full time 37.5 hours per week
• Internal rotation within the theatres.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/ODP with current NMC/HCPC registration.

Experience

• Demonstrate ability as professional role model.
• Experience of working on own and as a member of a team.

Skills

• Highly developed interpersonal, verbal and non‑verbal communication skills.
• Developed analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to maintain and improve standards of care.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own and other’s workload.
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrate ability as a professional role model.
• Standard keyboard skills and use of health care IT packages such as, ORMIS, HIS etc.

Knowledge

• Sound understanding of principles of Clinical Governance (NatSSIPs, Risk Management & Audit) relating to perioperative practice
• Sound knowledge of factors affecting efficiency in the perioperative care.

Additional

• Flexibility within contracted hours to meet the demands of the department.
• Ability to support colleagues in other perioperative disciplines within own level of competence e.g. anaesthetic, scrub and PACU.
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

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Guidance on Completing Your Application

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On-Call

Please note that some roles may require participation in an on-call rota, particularly those that are operational in nature.

WWL is part of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. We recognise continuous or ‘unbroken’ service from any Greater Manchester Local Authority, NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. This ensures access to our service-related benefits.

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.