Contract Scrub Nurse ​/ Operating Department Practitioner (RGN​/ODP

Job summary

Offering a unique and highly personal service can be hugely rewarding, changing peoples lives for the better every single day. Cotswold Surgical Partners offers quality health care that is locally delivered. We have a clear set of core values that we are passionate about when it comes to the quality of care we provide to our patients, and our staff are at the heart of this.

We are a small, inclusive and friendly employer which offers a range of flexible working arrangements and a competitive package of pay and benefits that include a comprehensive employee assistance programme and private healthcare.

We're looking for an experienced Scrub Nurse (RGN/ODP) to join our skin plastic surgery team at our main premises in Royal Wootton Bassett and do sessional work at our rented facility in Melksham. We're a small, friendly and caring team providing a range of NHS funded and private procedures. We have two day-case operating theatres where we complete mainly skin cancer excisions under local anaesthetic alongside a range of outpatient dermatology procedures.

As a member of a small surgical theatre team, you will perform all the tasks of a Registered General Theatre Nurse/Registered Operating Department Practitioner following local policies and procedures and national guidelines. The post holder will work autonomously and will need good decision-making skills. You will facilitate the smooth and efficient running of the theatre list. The post holder will oversee the theatre assistants in the admitting and discharging of patients attending for surgery.

Cotswold Surgical Partners is a Consultant-led and Care Quality Commission regulated provider of NHS and private Dermatology, Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic procedures in locations across Wiltshire for adults over 18 years old. This includes an NHS community-based skin surgery & dermatology service, commissioned by both NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board.

We also support NHS skin surgery patients referred from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, North Bristol NHS Trust.

Date posted: 04 August 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change

Band:
Band 6

Salary: £31,845.81 a year

Equivalent to £20.88 per hour. This is for 3 days (29.25 hours).

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Part-time

Reference number: E

Job locations:
Unit 13 Interface Business Park, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 8SY
, United Kingdom;
Spa Medical Centre, Snowberry Lane, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6UN
, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job title:

Contract Scrub Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner (RGN/ODP)

Band 6 Equivalent

Location:

Cotswold Surgical Partners, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 8SY

Qualifications:

RGN/ODP with a minimum of 2 years theatre experience. Must be on the NMC/HCPC register.

Hours:

Contract 3 days per week = 29.25 hours

Usual shifts are 7.45am to 18.00pm. 30 minute unpaid lunch break. Operating days Monday to Saturday. Saturdays are paid at time and a third. Occasional sessions can run until 21.00.

Responsible to:
Clinical Lead and General Manager

Accountable to:
Clinical Lead and General Manager

Job Summary:

As a member of a small surgical theatre team at either location you will perform all the tasks of a Registered General Theatre Nurse/Registered Operating Department Practitioner following local policies and procedures and national guidelines. The post holder will work autonomously and will need good decision-making skills. You will facilitate the smooth and efficient running of the theatre list. The post holder will oversee the theatre assistants in the admitting and discharging of patients attending for surgery.

• Perform comprehensive assessment of pre-operative patient care needs
• Plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records and theatre documentation including use of Systm One
• Work collaboratively with other members of staff to ensure patient care needs are met
• Establish and maintain effective…