Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Band 6 Scrub Nurse to join our busy theatre team. We are seeking an individual with proven scrub skills in neurosurgery, ENT General and vascular surgery, as these are essential to support our emergency service. The successful candidate will be confident in managing urgent and complex cases, while also able to scrub across a range of specialities when required.
Our department comprises 16 operating theatres specialising in Neurosurgery, Vascular, Gynaecology, Maxillofacial, Trauma, Ophthalmology, and General Surgery. As a Band 6 Scrub Nurse, you will play a key role in leading and supporting the multidisciplinary team, promoting safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care in challenging situations. This role requires flexibility, supporting night, twilight, and weekend shifts. You will need to demonstrate strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
In return, you will be joining a supportive and dynamic theatre team. We are committed to your professional development, with a dedicated Education Team to support your ongoing training and career progression within these specialist fields.
Main duties of the job
To provide integrated clinical leadership to a team of nurses within the department in order to care for patients in the Operating Theatre environment to the highest possible standard and to develop practice with support from the Team Leader.
To assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in the absence of the Team Leader, taking a lead in a specific aspect of operational management in the Theatre setting.
To act as a role model and create an environment that promotes excellence in Theatre nursing practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills and autonomy.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner (RGN/RN/ODP).
2. Standards for student supervision and assessment experience.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
3. Extensive Theatre experience has knowledge of scrubbing for 2 or more different specialities.
Desirable criteria
4. Post Registration experience of working in Theatres
5. Competent IT skills
Experience/ Knowledge
Desirable criteria
6. Demonstrate a clear understanding of Clinical Governance and Audit
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
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