# Theatre Practitioner - Scrub

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Preston Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-28T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T13:30:53.431Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Scrub/Scrub-v8229447
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8229447?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Main Theatre department at Royal Preston Hospital for Neurosurgery Theatres or Emergency Theatres. You will need to be able to be flexible with your hours as these theatres require working over 7 days a week and on nights. No fixed days can be accommodated.

Please be aware if there is a high number of applicants for this role the advert may close early due to demand.

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for a scrub practitioner who has a passion for providing high quality patient focused surgical care who has a flexible attitude towards work and a desire for new challenges. As a trust we are committed to the development of future healthcare professionals and theatres is pivotal to these trainees. As a qualified practitioner you would be expected to contribute to their development and support.

If you would like to be part of a forward thinking team in an ambitious teaching hospital with a dynamic and expanding department, please get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.

Our vision for theatres is to deliver first class peri-operative care for every patient.

In return our commitment to you is to offer support, development and opportunities in an inclusive environment. Therefore, we will offer you:

- Great learning opportunities to enable all staff to fulfil their potential
- A fully supported induction programme with a named mentor
- Ongoing support from theatre clinical education team
- Salary sacrifice scheme - childcare, electronics and cars
- A generous annual leave provision

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As an integral member of the operating theatre team for Neuro and Emergency Theatres, you would be directly involved in the following specialities:

Neuro

Neuro Intervention

Vascular

Colorectal

Upper GI

Urology

Plastics

ENT & Max Fax

Please note that this post will include working long shifts (8-9, 7:45- 20:30, 8-7), working weekends and covering nights for emergency theatres.

### 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

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Awareness of changes within Nursing practice
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of ethical issues
- Evidence of clinical competence in areas of general surgery.
- Knowledge of Leadership and Management
- Research and Development

### Qualifications & Education

**Essential**

- Appropriate NMC/HCPC Registration
- Evidence of continuing education or development for more experienced Band 5 nurses
- RN1, RN2 General Nursing Posts/ODP

**Desirable**

- Degree
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification/Practice Assessor
- Diploma in Nursing

## Documents

- [scrub practitioner (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10539076)
- [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464)
- [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433)

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