The closing date is 19 November 2025
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year pa
Job summary
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated Scrub Nurse / Scrub Practitioners to undertake a position within the Operating Theatre Department at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust where we are committed to providing high quality care to our patients. Ideally, we are seeking experienced individuals with Orthopaedic or Emergency Theatre Scrub experience to join our existing team however consideration will be given to candidates who have expressed an interest in training in a theatre scrub role.
Main duties of the job
You will initially be allocated to a surgical speciality team within the theatre department with a view to eventually rotating to other specialities to gain experience and increase your skills, knowledge and versatility.
The Countess of Chester Theatre Department consists of 2 areas. Main Theatre and Jubilee Day Surgery Theatre.
Main Theatres has 11 operating theatres + recovery. The Jubilee Day Case Theatres consists of 4 general anaesthetic theatres, 1 local anaesthetic theatre and 1 minor procedure theatre which is situated in the Outpatient Department. The surgical specialities covered are General, Urology, Gynaecology, Orthopaedic (elective and trauma), ENT, Plastics, Dental, Ophthalmic and Vascular and a 24 hour emergency service.
The Countess of Chester is a teaching hospital with links to Chester, Edge Hill, Bolton and Stafford Universities bringing nursing, ODP and Band 4 Scrub trainees into the department.
Please be aware that the above information maybe subject to change and further details will be available at the time of interview.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly with shift patterns to include internal rotation within surgical specialities + night, weekend and BH duties.
- Effective communication skills to ensure correct lines of communications are followed.
Knowledge and Experience.
Essential
- Possess a broad awareness of professional issues
Desirable
- Significant post registration theatre experience in a surgical speciality rotational capacity.
Qualification
Essential
- RN or ODP level 3 Qualification.
- NMC or HPCP registered.
- Proven experience in a theatre scrub role or as a newly qualified nurse / practitioner willing to undertake training in a scrub role.
Desirable
- Evidence of recent professional development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).