Orthopaedic Senior Scrub Nurse – Band 6

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and motivated Orthopaedic Scrub Nurse or ODP to join our dynamic and supportive theatre team in a Band 6 role at The Royal London Hospital, one of the largest and busiest major trauma centres in London.

The Royal London Hospital operates across 26 Theatres, providing elective and emergency care within a wide variety of specialties including poly-trauma, complex joint operation and major trauma serviced by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). We have a well-established team of experienced multidisciplinary practitioners where excellent standards of care are delivered.

The successful candidate will be a registered nurse or ODP with significant experience in orthopaedic trauma and elective surgery, within the scrub role. You will be confident in working within a fast-paced theatre environment and demonstrate a strong commitment to your own professional development. A proven ability to support and guide junior staff is essential, and experience in mentorship would be highly desirable.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be proactive, self-motivated, and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A clear vision for enhancing patient care and supporting service development is essential. You will be expected to take Nurse-in-charge role and delivering high-quality care during the peri-operative phase, working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team.

We take an active approach in the career development of all our staff, and pride ourselves in building our teams' skills portfolio through experiential learning, education and career planning. We have a wealth of multi-disciplinary experience and a mentorship programme (supported by our PDNs and senior nursing teams) to develop your skills and career. We provide regular management and coordination training as well as in-house training on our state-of-the-art systems and process, supported by our PDN and senior nursing team. Our Peri-operative department is committed to building a dynamic, flexible and enthusiastic team to help develop our services and achieve the Barts Health vision for the future. If you are up for the challenge and looking to develop your skills in a fast-paced environment, we welcome an application from you.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

The Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

The Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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