Scrub Practitioner Neuro & Spinal
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a passionate and motivated Scrub Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join the Neuro & Spinal Theatres Cluster at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. The cluster provides a range of services including elective, emergency, oncology, complex spinal, functional, and skull base procedures. The position involves participating in all aspects of clinical operating department work, ensuring high standards of patient care and safety. The successful candidate will also be involved in developing and evaluating patient care programmes within a multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities
- Participate in all aspects of clinical operating department work, providing a high standard of patient care and safety.
- Deputise for the Team Leader when required/experience allows.
- Be involved in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of scrub and circulating roles and their responsibilities.
- Be competent in all aspects of scrub / circulating technique and procedures.
- Participate in all safety procedures including safety briefings and WHIO Safer Surgery checklist, swab needle and instrument counts.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current live NMC registration or Registered ODP with current HCPC registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Recent experience of working as a Registered Nurse/ ODP in an acute operating theatre setting
- Experience across a range of operating theatre scrub specialties
- Effective communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping.
- Contribution to team development
- Sound knowledge of the guidelines set out in the NMC / HCPC code of professional conduct and current perioperative issues
- Excellent organisational skills, proven ability to problem solve and remain calm under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification (998 or equivalent) or willing to undertake after 2 years post registration (secured a position on this type of course)
- Post basic specialist qualification eg: perioperative modules, Surgical First Assistant
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Scrub Practitioner Neuro & Spinal
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a passionate and motivated Scrub Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join our Neuro & Spinal Theatres Cluster here at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
Why apply?
- Our Neuro & Spinal Theatres Cluster **** provide a range of services including: elective, emergency, oncology, complex spinal, functional and skull base.
- At Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, we are proud to offer all our Theatre Practitioners (Nurses and ODPs) the same job role and access to development opportunities
- Our multidisciplinary team receive personalised support from the Perioperative Development Team, providing bespoke training programmes and development days for theatre staff
- Our anaesthetics and scrub practitioners also have access to unique multidisciplinary training delivered by our Perioperative simulation team within a purpose built simulation facility; our Clinical Simulation space
- We are also innovating the traditional recovery approach, supporting patients during admission, pre-op and post operatively within our Medirooms. A new concept in healthcare, our Medirooms combine the traditional recovery, day-case, same-day and admission areas into a single patient room environment, specifically designed to enhance patient experience by im
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