Band 5 East Wing Theatres Cardiac Scrub Nurse

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 17 March 2026

Band 5
Cardiac Scrub Nurse/ODP - East Wing Theatres

We are currently offering an excellent developmental opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our cardiac scrub team in East Wing Theatres. This opportunity will allow you to work alongside our excellent team within Operating Theatres and develop your skills in Cardiac surgery. Cardiac experience desirable but theatre experience is essential.

What can we offer you?

We want you to be the best you can be and will support you in achieving your goals through our in-house training programs and tertiary study at our affiliated universities. Our Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Academy aims to develop a team of practitioners, with knowledge and skills to care for patients, recognizing the commitments of our staff and rewarding achievements.

Training and support is provided whilst we further develop your existing skills and knowledge, as you gain experience within the specialty of Cardiac Surgery.

This advert is open to applicants currently in the UK with an active Nursing and Midwifery Council Personal Identification Number (PIN). This refers to an NMC PIN, which allows you to work as a registered nurse or midwife in the UK.

Please note, this does not include the Personal Reference Number (PRN) used during the pre-OSCE application process.

Closing Date: 17th March 2026 at Midnight

Proposed Interview date: 1st April 2026

This job will provide the opportunity to develop your cardiac surgery skills

If you are a staff nurse and looking to further develop your career and expand your skills within cardiac surgery this maybe the area for you.

For full duties please refer to the job description attached.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

• Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
• Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• To ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
• Carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of a persons nursing requirements.
• Will ensure…