Recovery/Scrub nurse/ODP


Profession
Operating department practitioner
Deadline
25 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Sep 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

3 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Qualifications

    You will be a HCPC registered ODP or an NMC registered Nurse with Scrub experience

  • Qualifications

    Excellent communication and organisational skills are key to continue our high standards of patient care

  • Qualifications

    Experience of working in teams and with minimum supervision

Desirable

Not listed in the available specification.

Theatre Practitioner | ODP / Scrub / Recovery | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital | Permanent | Full time | Excellent salary and benefits package

Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is recruiting an experienced Theatre Practitioner to join their warm and friendly team, on a permanent, full time basis.

At Spire caring for our patients is at the heart of what we do. We provide expert medical care in our modern, well-equipped hospital for all of our patients.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Scrub for major and minor cases including, but not limited to Orthopaedics
  • You will support in assessing patient’s health and well-being across a complex and changing caseload, assisting in the delivery of care to meet the patient’s needs
  • You will actively promote best practice and contribute towards quality improvements, collect collate and organise data, interpret all of the information and make a justifiable assessment, making this available to relevant others
  • You will also develop a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security and infection control, lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices

Who we're looking for:

  • You will be a HCPC registered ODP or an NMC registered Nurse with Scrub experience
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills are key to continue our high standards of patient care
  • Experience of working in teams and with minimum supervision

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free Bupa wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 38 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

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