Job Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

NHS Band 5: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Hours Per Week: full time 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

Are you looking for an exciting and dynamic opportunity where every day is different? We want to hear from you!

Queen Alexandra has a reputation as a dynamic and innovative place to work, the Theatres are leading the way in Robotic surgery and have been established as a Worldwide Centre of Excellence for Robotic Surgery. We offer a modern, well-equipped environment with 29 state-of-the-art theatres across two floors, covering a wide range of surgical specialities.

What You Can Expect from Us

Supportive Development & Growth

We are passionate about recognising talent. Through structured development and diverse rotation scrub pathways, we’ll help you build specialist expertise and leadership capabilities.

You will be supported by an enthusiastic team of staff to help you develop skills in caring for patients across a range of specialities. You will be given the opportunity to undertake a competency based training package and will be supported via the allocation of a suitable mentor and/or buddy system.

We also have a number of dedicated educational/training mornings identified throughout the year and an excellent IT facility to support with online training.

To enable your development, we have a dedicated team of educational practitioners who are focused on delivering a meaningful and achievable educational programme.

Leadership & Education

You will be encouraged to pursue Leadership and Management training, enabling you to grow as a clinical leader and develop strong decision‑making skills within the perioperative environment.

For full job details please refer to enclosed

Qualifications

Essential:

• Current RN/AHP, registration with NMC/HCPC
• An awareness of research and evidence based practice relevant to clinical area

Desirable:

• Previous experience as Scrub Practitioner would be desirable but not essential, as in-house training would be provided;
• You will need to be open and adaptable to learning new skills and developing your Leadership skills.

Skills and Knowledge

• Clinically competent.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Teaching and mentoring skills
• Team building skills
• Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
• Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026