# Theatre/Liver Scrub Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatreliver-scrub-practitioner/c66d9fe4-a91f-4ac6-a8f5-e65937614037 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatreliver-scrub-practitioner/c66d9fe4-a91f-4ac6-a8f5-e65937614037.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum / pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (liver on call commitment) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (on calls) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T08:12:44.862Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Theatre_Scrub_Practitioner/Theatre_Scrub_Practitioner-v8061009 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061009?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic scrub practitioner who is looking to further develop and progress in their career? We have a unique opportunity for a Band 5 scrub role available in our operating theatres at Birmingham children's hospital. The successful applicant will need to be an effective team player and communicator. You  will need to be forward thinking to overcome any problems you may face daily. Theatres have a strong commitment to teaching and education and you will be required  to actively participate in the training of new learners and students. We can offer you an excellent mentorship and development program, plus access to ongoing professional education. Practitioners with adult theatre experience will have an excellent opportunity to learn paediatric skills. ### Main duties of the job You must be able to work flexibly as you will be expected to provide out of hours on-call for the Liver surgical team, possible long-day working and weekend working All applicants who are shortlisted, will be invited to an interview as part of the recruitment process. The date will be released once all shortlisting has been completed. To apply for the position please complete the online form on Trac. If you are seeking a new challenge within your career, then this exciting opportunity could be the one for you! As leading tertiary centre the hospital performs a wide range of acute and specialized paediatric surgery, and has a busy Emergency Department managing 60,000 attendances/year and a 31 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The hospital is a regional designated Trauma Centre and is proposing further service expansions. Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent staff experience and is committed to engagement and improvement. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Job Details Are you a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic scrub practitioner who is looking to further develop and progress in their career? We have a unique opportunity for a Band 5 scrub role available in our operating theatres at Birmingham children's hospital. The successful applicant will need to be an effective team player and communicator. You will need to be forward thinking to overcome any problems you may face daily. Theatres have a strong commitment to teaching and education and you will be required to actively participate in the training of new learners and students. We can offer you an excellent mentorship and development program, plus access to ongoing professional education. Practitioners with adult theatre experience will have an excellent opportunity to learn paediatric skills. ## Job Description You must be able to work flexibly as you will be expected to provide out of hours on-call for the Liver surgical team, possible long-day working and weekend working All applicants who are shortlisted, will be invited to an interview as part of the recruitment process. The date will be released once all shortlisting has been completed. To apply for the position please complete the online form on Trac. If you are seeking a new challenge within your career, then this exciting opportunity could be the one for you! As leading tertiary centre the hospital performs a wide range of acute and specialized paediatric surgery, and has a busy Emergency Department managing 60,000 attendances/year and a 31 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The hospital is a regional designated Trauma Centre and is proposing further service expansions. Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent staff experience and is committed to engagement and improvement. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ## Person Specification ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - BSc or Diploma in Nursing or operating Department Practice or Equivalent - NMC registration part 1, or HCPC Registration ### ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS **Essential** - Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing acute environment - Able to use own professional judgement to escalate Concerns about patients’ condition and the level of care required - Able to appropriately assess patient’s condition ### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing and/or operating department practice **Desirable** - Experience of post-registration operating department practice or current clinical nursing experience - Evidence of supervising and assessing students ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Able to work well independently and as part of a team - Able to plan and prioritise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care for children and young people - Good time management skills - Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care - Able to work flexibly to meet service needs to cover 24 hour seven days a week service - Participate in specialty on calls as required ## Documents - [theatre practitioner scrub (pdf, 824.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351296) ## 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.