Job Description:

Spire Healthcare, Dunedin | Reading | Bank Scrub Practitioner (Nurse / ODP) | Theatre

Are you an experienced Theatre Nurse or ODP looking for the flexibility of bank work while continuing to develop your skills within a busy and varied theatre environment?

Spire Dunedin Hospital is seeking experienced Scrub Practitioners to join our Theatre team on a Bank basis. We're particularly keen to hear from Theatre Nurses and ODPs with Major Orthopaedic and/or Ophthalmic experience, alongside the ability to scrub across a range of specialities. If you're looking for flexibility, variety and the opportunity to work within a supportive theatre team, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

As a Bank Scrub Practitioner, you will support Consultant-led surgery across a varied caseload, ensuring patients receive safe, effective and high-quality care throughout their surgical journey.

Working closely with Consultants and theatre colleagues, you'll provide expert scrub support, contribute to excellent patient outcomes and help maintain the highest standards of clinical care, safety and infection prevention.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Scrub for Consultant-led surgical procedures across a variety of specialities.
• Support the delivery of safe, effective perioperative patient care.
• Assess patients' health and wellbeing throughout their surgical pathway.
• Develop and implement patient-centred care plans.
• Promote best practice, patient safety and clinical quality standards.
• Support infection prevention and health and safety procedures.
• Work collaboratively with Consultants and multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to quality improvement and service development initiatives.

Who we're looking for:

• Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with a minimum of two years' scrub experience.
• Current NMC or HCPC registration with no restrictions on practice.
• Major Orthopaedic and/or Ophthalmic scrub experience would be highly desirable.
• Confident scrubbing across multiple surgical specialities.
• Anaesthetics and Recovery experience would be a distinct advantage.
• Able to work across a broad theatre workload and adapt to changing service needs.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexible, adaptable and committed to delivering outstanding patient care.

Contract: Bank

Days/Hours: Monday to Saturday, various shift patterns. Flexibility is required to support service needs.

Benefits:

We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues, alongside benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development and flexibility, including:

• Weekly pay and competitive bank rates
• Flexible shifts Monday to Saturday to fit around your lifestyle
• The opportunity to further develop your experience across a varied surgical caseload
• Full induction, mandatory training updates and ongoing support
• Free uniform and DBS
• Blue Light Card discounts and Spire for You rewards
• Wellbeing support and resources

We commit to our employees' wellbeing through work-life balance, ongoing development, support and reward.

Contact Information:

For further information about this role please contact Alison Roberts on

Closing Date:

We're reviewing applications as they come in, so early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close vacancies once we have received a sufficient number of applications.