• Job Description

  Req#: C9387-24-1678?language=en&page=89&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This post holder will work with the Theatre team to deliver direct and indirect patient case and at all times to work under the direction of a qualified member of Nursing/ODP staff.

  To escort surgical patients to and from the operating theatre and work alongside theatre staff to provide excellent patient care.

  Please note that due to significant interest, this position may close early if a sufficient number of candidates apply.

  Main duties of the job

  Direct Patient Care:

  • To facilitate the smooth and safe transfers of patients throughout their anaesthetic, surgical and recovery and procedure periods between wards or departments and the operating theatres and recovery.
  • Contribute to the ongoing support of patients and their family members during the transfer to theatre.
  • Undertake standard checking procedure when collecting patients from wards and departments.
  • Communicate in a manner and pace appropriate to the patients ability, personal beliefs and preferences within trust and legal constraints
  • To be aware of the safeguarding guidelines for vulnerable patients

  Indirect Patient Care

  • Support, welcome and assist visitors to the department
  • Liaise with other professionals as required within the boundaries of the role
  • To undertake domestic duties as required e.g. cleaning floors in theatres, moving clinical rubbish and sharps bins as required and in line with current infection control guidelines.
  • Assist with stocking of unit - sterile supplies and pharmacy
  • Assist in stocking theatre hats, blue slide sheets, oxygen masks and oxygen tubing.
  • Emptying of sterile instruments and putting away in appropriate storage place
  • Assist the materials managements team in putting away stock
  • To assist with putting away of IV fluid/pharmacy stock when delivered
  • Transport soiled instruments and clinical rubbish to designated collection points
  • To handle and transport specimens in line with trust policy

  About us

  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

  Date posted

  10 July 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £22,383 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  387-S-6169-NG

  Job locations

  Bristol Eye Hospital Theatres

  Lower Maudlin Street

  Bristol

  BS1 2LX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Basic numeracy and literacy skills
  • Demonstrate awareness of confidentiality

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in use of initiative and prioritisation
  • Respect for patients and staff

  Desirable

  • Recent experience in care environment or similar field
  • Working in a team bases environment

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to work under instruction and in a team
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Strong communications skills
  • Physically able to push trolleys and beds across hospital site
  • Motivated to work in a busy theatre unit within the multidisciplinary team
  • Flexible to work a range of shift patterns

  Aptitudes

  Essential

  • Willingness to learn
  • Good communication skills
  • Commitment to working long days, weekends and bank holidays and on call requirement

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Basic numeracy and literacy skills
  • Demonstrate awareness of confidentiality

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in use of initiative and prioritisation
  • Respect for patients and staff

  Desirable

  • Recent experience in care environment or similar field
  • Working in a team bases environment

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to work under instruction and in a team
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Strong communications skills
  • Physically able to push trolleys and beds across hospital site
  • Motivated to work in a busy theatre unit within the multidisciplinary team
  • Flexible to work a range of shift patterns

  Aptitudes

  Essential

  • Willingness to learn
  • Good communication skills
  • Commitment to working long days, weekends and bank holidays and on call requirement

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

  Address

  Bristol Eye Hospital Theatres

  Lower Maudlin Street

  Bristol

  BS1 2LX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

  Address

  Bristol Eye Hospital Theatres

  Lower Maudlin Street

  Bristol

  BS1 2LX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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