# Registered Scrub Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-scrub-practitioner/2a28ec2a-2b51-453b-8dbc-3a5514a61999 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-scrub-practitioner/2a28ec2a-2b51-453b-8dbc-3a5514a61999.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 28.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T15:01:12.319Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Orthopaedic_Theatres/Orthopaedic_Theatres-v8053259 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8053259?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As part of the theatre team, you will contribute to the day-to-day running of trauma lists, ensuring appropriate preparation of theatres, equipment, and instrumentation, and supporting safe and efficient patient flow throughout the operating pathway. You will work closely with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of patient care. To join our team, you will need to be a motivated, confident, and adaptable practitioner with experience in the operating theatre environment. Applicants must hold current NMC or HCPC registration. The ability to scrub competently across a range of procedures would be desirable. We are committed to supporting your development and will provide a supportive learning environment to help you build your skills within trauma and emergency surgery. While your primary base will be Trauma Theatres, you may be required to support other areas of the department in line with service needs ### Main duties of the job - Prepare the operating theatre for the operating session to include the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors perform circulating / scrubbed roles to the level of the grade in the appropriate speciality - the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors - perform circulating / scrubbed roles to the level of the grade in the appropriate speciality - Ensure adherence to Trust/local policies, guidelines and other legislation and support National and local initiatives e.g. Saving Lives, WHO Surgical Safety Check List, GIRFT - Take part in internal rotation through all areas of the department as required to meet the needs of the service on 24hour basis including trauma ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Job Details As part of the theatre team, you will contribute to the day-to-day running of trauma lists, ensuring appropriate preparation of theatres, equipment, and instrumentation, and supporting safe and efficient patient flow throughout the operating pathway. You will work closely with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of patient care. To join our team, you will need to be a motivated, confident, and adaptable practitioner with experience in the operating theatre environment. Applicants must hold current NMC or HCPC registration. The ability to scrub competently across a range of procedures would be desirable. We are committed to supporting your development and will provide a supportive learning environment to help you build your skills within trauma and emergency surgery. While your primary base will be Trauma Theatres, you may be required to support other areas of the department in line with service needs ## Job Description Prepare the operating theatre for the operating session to include the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors perform circulating / scrubbed roles to the level of the grade in the appropriate speciality the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors perform circulating / scrubbed roles to the level of the grade in the appropriate speciality Ensure adherence to Trust/local policies, guidelines and other legislation and support National and local initiatives e.g. Saving Lives, WHO Surgical Safety Check List, GIRFT Take part in internal rotation through all areas of the department as required to meet the needs of the service on 24hour basis including trauma ## Responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good understanding of competency based learning - Able to produce evidence of clinical ability **Desirable** - Basic IT Skills ### Qualified **Essential** - RGN/Dip. HE, NVQ III in Operating Department Practice/C&G 752 or Dip. HE Operating Department Practice - BSc (Hons ) Operating Department Practice - Current registration of professional body ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in an operating theatre environment **Desirable** - Experience in both anaesthetics and scrub role ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10342867) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.