Theatre Scrub Practitioner

Job summary

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic and motivated Theatre Scrub Nurses to join our dynamic Plastics Team and contribute to the growth of our services.

A specialist team at Salisbury District Hospital provides a comprehensive range of plastic surgery services, including acute and reconstructive burns care, cleft surgery supporting children across Salisbury and Oxford regions, and trauma as well as elective reconstructive procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a specialist environment at the renowned Odstock Regional Centre for Burns, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery.

Plastics also forms part of a specialty network that includes cleft surgery, burns care, and reconstructive surgery. While these posts focus on Plastics, there is scope to develop your skills and expand your knowledge base across broader specialty areas. The activity is organized between Main Theatres and Day Surgery, with plenty of support from our Senior Team Lead for successful applicants.

We offer personal and professional development within a friendly and collaborative environment. Our excellent Departmental Education Team provides training opportunities to help enhance your skills and progress your career. If you have experience working in a plastics theatre or are looking for an exciting opportunity to begin your theatre career, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high quality evidence-based care with attention to patient experience.
• To be responsible for the assessment, planning and reviewing of care throughout the operating list.
• You will develop and demonstrate effective leadership qualities using excellent interpersonal skills when working in the multi disciplinary team.
• You will maintain a safe environment through developing and maintaining skills in the use of surgical equipment/instrumentation according to manufacturers' instructions and Trust policies.
• You will share your knowledge and skills through mentorship, supervision and teaching where applicable.
• Demonstrate personal responsibility towards professional learning keeping up to date with training and adhering to Trust guidelines and policies.
• You will demonstrate an awareness of the Trust's recovery plan and an understanding of list productivity, efficiency and planning.
• You will have good IT skills and demonstrate accurate record keeping.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk