Healthcare Assistant Theatres

Are you a practical person who can prioritise a sterile environment and ensure our patients are moved safely to where they need to be? Are you highly organised and personable? Does the idea of assisting trained Practitioners and Anesthetists interest you?

If so, our Theatres department may be the place for you.

You will be assisting our dedicated and supportive team to ensure that our Theaters are running at their optimum levels and that our patients are exactly where they need to be, whilst maintaining a highly sterile environment.

In return for your had work and dedication to our department, we can offer you:

• Clear progression opportunities and conversations
• Annual staff recognition awards
• Relocation packages
• Excellent annual leave entitlement – 27 days + bank holidays, raising to 29 after 5 years’ service and 33 after 10 years’ service
• Fantastic support with staff wellbeing including access to a 24/7 counselling service for staff
• 1 to 1 supervision and appraisal processes in place as well as informal support from colleagues whenever needed
• NHS pension scheme
• NHS staff discount at 100's of retailers and restaurants

Maintain patients dignity and confidentiality
Collect patients from wards and escort to theatre
Assist the trained practitioner in carrying out any necessary procedures or act as a chaperone when required
Assist with emergency treatment in the event of cardiac arrest
Assist the Anaesthetist with simple tasks whilst preparing patient for anaesthesia (e.g. applying blood pressure cuff and pulse oximeter)
Moving patients between theatre table and beds and trolley’s using pat slides, sliding sheets, samarite roll board and easy slide
Help maintain a sterile field whilst setting up the procedure trolleys and opening up packaging and equipment
Receive and label specimens during procedures
Participate with the cleaning of theatre and equipment between patient visits and at the end of lists
Ensure that patient records are completed accurately and legibly
Escorting patients who have undergone local anaesthetic back to the ward
Collect blood from the blood bank as requested
Assist with the checking of all medical equipment
Check sterile instrument set contents lists, with the theatre practitioner
Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times in line with the Data Protection Act and Trust policy

• Full NHS terms and conditions including a benefits package with competitive pay rates and increments.
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme to which you and the Trust contribute
• A wide and diverse range of training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training
• The Trust supports a healthy work life balance and all staff have access to an Occupational Health Service to support you at work
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible
• Onsite nursery
• Discounts for local and national retailers

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.