Scrub nurse to advanced practitioner: roles and pay

Key Points

• To explore career pathways and pay structures for theatre nurses within surgical settings.
• Analysis of the roles of theatre nurses including preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative functions.
• Review of salary bands related to different positions in surgical care.
• The study identifies distinct career pathways from scrub nurse to advanced practitioner.
• Pay bands vary significantly based on experience and role within the surgical team.