Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital
Scrub Nurse

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Scrub Nurse
Theatre Practitioner - OPERATING DEPARTMENT PRACTITIONER – SCRUB (RGN / ODP)
Plymouth Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time | Includes weekend work
Up to £39,000 per annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
As a Scrub Practitioner/ Theatre Practitioner (ODP) at our hospital, you’ll be focused, detail-oriented, empathetic, with great communication skills. You’re registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. With post-registration experience in Scrub roles within a Theatre environment, you’re a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.
As a Scrub Practitioner or Theatre Practitioner (ODP), you will:
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- Use state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and facilities
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- Provide high-quality perioperative care in a multidisciplinary team setting
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We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health, and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts, and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
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The Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital is situated next to the Nuffield Health Devonshire Gym, in Derriford, Plymouth, and we have been part of the Plymouth community since 1971. We have 3 main theatres – 2 laminar flow and 1 digital, a fully JAG accredited endoscopy suite, a 35-bedded ward with one 4-bedded bay and one 2-bedded bay. Our outpatients department has 12 consulting rooms with a dedicated ophthalmology suite and ENT service.


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