Job summary
- Main area
- Neuro theatres
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-7851075-GO-VA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St. George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Scrub Nurse/ODP - Neuro Scrub
Band 5
Job overview
- Setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensuring that nursing procedures are carried out in accordance to Trust's polices.
- As skills and competencies develop, taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the theatre area or on a regular basis.
- Supervising and mentoring junior staff.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced neuro scrub nurse to join our scrub team. Are you a dedicated and motivated nurse with experience in neuro surgery?
Do you have a passion for excellence, patient safety and high quality care? Join our expert and dynamic Neuro theatre team at St. George’s Hospital delivering exceptional care to patients . This is a rewarding opportunity to work alongside a multidisciplinary team committed to compassionate care, clinical excellence , safety and continuous improvement.
We are looking for compassionate professionals who are:
• able to prioritise in a busy clinical setting
• adaptable and enthusiastic
• assertive and confident in decision making
• strong communicators and effective team players
• capable of using their own initiative while maintain high standards of care
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document which contains more and the person specification for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (general) or Operating Department Practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post registration experience.
Organisational Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate
- Ability to take charge of the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager on a regular basis.
Education & Research
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice
- Able to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- Understands the importance of developing self and others
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of audit
- Ability to take on small research or audit project.
General & Personal
Essential criteria
- Motivated and demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality
- Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- Sound verbal and written communication.
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation
Desirable criteria
- Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ian Bickerton
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 4600
- Additional information
Matron
Ewa Ogbonna 020 875 4568
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553093677
- Telephone
- 07553093677
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