Theatre Scrub Practitioner
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9188-25-0904 |
Summary
The successful post holder will:- provide skilled specialist assistance in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care throughout the Operating Department.- participate as an integral member of the theatre Scrub team, covering a full range of shifts, including earlies, lates, nights and weekends.- act as the patient advocate and maintain high standards of patient care, in line with NMC or HCPC code of conduct.- Be involved in supporting and mentoring students and new staff as appropriate. We are also offering opportunities for clinical and leadership development, through developing a career development pathway exploring opportunities for specific clinical development in conjunction with access to leadership pathways. We are keen to offer a range of opportunities, to include dual skill development. Your home base skill could be added to through a secondment into another theatre discipline. We would be open to discuss career pathways tailored to your individual career focus. University hospital Southampton NHS foundation Trust is one of the leading major trauma centres in the country. CEPOD team manages Two CEPOD theatres , Acute surgery and Plastic surgery Lists. Our main CEPOD theatre is very fast paced service which runs 24/7 and covers a wide range of general surgery specialties such as Vascular, Thoracic, HPB, Upper GI, Colorectal, Paediatric, Urology, ENT, MaxFax. We are very dedicated team working in close relationship with the multidisciplinary team and are very proud of the care provided for our patients.The CEPOD theatre team is dynamic and consist of a very diverse high performing group of individuals who take pride in their work and maintains a high standard of care for patients. Teamwork is at the core of our team values and efficacy is what we always aim for. We are looking for qualified theatre practitioners who have got general surgery / CEPOD theatre experience. If you possess good communication skills, are patient focused, friendly and a team player we want to hear from you. In order to assist you to develop your career, you will be mentored and supported during your employment. You will rotate through the surgical specialties to gain a wide practical and theoretical knowledge base.