# Band 5 Theatre Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Free Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata).
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T15:21:00.704Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Hampstead/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Scrub/Scrub-v8232402
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8232402?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

### Main duties of the job

This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free.

Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead consists of 21 operating theatres including the Day surgery Unit and Labour Ward theatres. The department offers services to patients including specialties such as Plastics and Breast, Trauma, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation, Renal Cancer and Robotics, Colorectal and Robotics, Vascular, Urology and a 24 hr CEPOD service. It is a particularly exciting time to join the Royal Free hospital theatres as it continue to develop services for the benefit of the community and support the Trust with its aims and values.

In order to respond to the demand we are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 scrub practitioners/ nurses with or without scrub experience who want to develop their skills further in the different specialities. We have a compassionate Leadership team and a supportive Education Team who is eager to support you in your professional development aspirations and your wellbeing.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant experience in scrub and circulating practice (at Band 5 or above)

### Skills and aptitudes

**Essential**

- Awareness of clinical issues within the theatre department
- Aware of developments within profession
- Able to work as part of a team within set boundaries
- Able to prioritise workload

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse / ODP

### Able to prioritise workload

**Essential**

- Flexible and adaptive to changing situations
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Willing to develop perioperative practice
- Highly motivated towards theatre nursing

### Royal Free World Class Values

**Essential**

- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

### Personal qualities and attributes

**Essential**

- and attributes Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, and resilience, acting as a positive role model who leads by example, maintains high clinical standards, and remains calm and effective in a fast-paced, demanding theatre environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and support colleagues, foster E A/I PAGE 2 effective multidisciplinary working, manage competing priorities, and contribute positively to service improvement and a culture of continuous learning.

## Documents

- [functional requirement (pdf, 113.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10542449)
- [band 5 theatre practitioner (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10542450)
- [band 5 theatre practitioner (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10542451)
- [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752)
- [corporate, admin & clerical, other - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 646.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2753)

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