Theatre Scrub Nurse / ODP

We are looking for an experienced Theatre Scrub Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) to deliver safe, effective scrub and circulating care for elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery. You will prepare specialist instruments and equipment, maintain the sterile field and work closely with surgeons, anaesthetists and the wider theatre team throughout each procedure. This is an opportunity to help establish a new surgical service and contribute to its standards of patient care.,

• Provide scrub and circulating support for elective orthopaedic and spinal procedures within your competence.
• Prepare and check instruments, implants, loan sets and equipment before each operating list.
• Maintain aseptic technique and support safe patient positioning and skin preparation.
• Undertake and document swab, needle and instrument counts with the circulating practitioner, escalating discrepancies promptly.
• Check implants with the surgical team and record implant details and instrument traceability.
• Participate in the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, team briefs and debriefs.
• Handle, label and transfer specimens safely in accordance with local procedures.
• Complete accurate theatre records and contribute to safe patient handovers.
• Support stock control, safe equipment use and infection prevention.
• Report incidents and concerns, and participate in clinical audit and service improvement.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and support colleagues and learners., OHG Surgical Hub is a new specialist elective surgical facility being developed to provide high-quality care for patients undergoing major orthopaedic and spinal procedures.
Our service includes:
• One modern operating theatre.
• Three-bay recovery unit.
• Twelve inpatient bedrooms.
• Dedicated pre-assessment and outpatient facilities.
We specialise in elective surgery, including:
• Total hip replacement.
• Total knee replacement.
• Revision arthroplasty where clinically appropriate.
• Spinal procedures including ACDF, cervical decompression, lumbar decompression, discectomy and spinal fusion procedures.
We are developing a clinical team focused on delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality patient care.

One Health Group was established in Sheffield in 2004 and has steadily and successfully grown to become a significant healthcare provider in the region. Commissioned by the NHS, we provide services for patients referred for Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Spine, Urology and Gynaecology and with clinics located in over 30 locations across Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, we bring healthcare closer to where people live. We are committed to clinical excellence and our mission is to provide innovative, high quality medical and clinical services for our patients, optimising outcomes so they can quickly continue healthy lives.