• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-24-0561?language=en&page=20&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Theatre Support Worker

  Theatre support workers are the glue keeping the surgical team together. They make sure each member of the team is able to do their job effectively.

  Working life

  Theatre support staff also have an important role in making sure patients, who may be anxious about going into the operating theatre, feel as calm and comfortable as possible.

  You'll work with other members of the theatre team, including theatre nurses,anaesthetists,surgeons,operating department practitioners, andadministrative staff.

  Main duties of the job

  As a member of the theatre support staff, you'll:

  • move patients on trolleys
  • reassure family members
  • prepare patients for anaesthetic
  • set out instruments and equipment ready for surgery
  • make sure the department has stocks of items needed
  • clean and tidy theatre areas after surgery
  • dispose of waste

  About us

  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

  Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

  We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

  More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

  We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

  Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

  Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

  Date posted

  11 June 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £22,383 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  229-SUR-6277672

  Job locations

  Hereford County Hospital

  Stonebow Road

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE Maths or equivalent
  • GCSE English or equivalent

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Basic numeracy and literacy skills
  • Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing
  • Willingness to work towards NVQ level 2 or 3 in health care
  • Health and safety aware
  • Able to follow procedures
  • Work as part of a team but responsible for their own work

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate orally and writing

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of team working
  • Previous experience in care environment
  • Working with People

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Willing to be in operating theatre areas during surgery
  • Calm and reassuring
  • Organisational skills
  • Communication skills
  • Good team working skills

  Other factors

  Essential

  • Able to meet the moving and handling requirements of the role
  • Must be able to work shifts as required for a 24/7 service
  • Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • GCSE Maths or equivalent
  • GCSE English or equivalent

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Basic numeracy and literacy skills
  • Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing
  • Willingness to work towards NVQ level 2 or 3 in health care
  • Health and safety aware
  • Able to follow procedures
  • Work as part of a team but responsible for their own work

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate orally and writing

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of team working
  • Previous experience in care environment
  • Working with People

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Willing to be in operating theatre areas during surgery
  • Calm and reassuring
  • Organisational skills
  • Communication skills
  • Good team working skills

  Other factors

  Essential

  • Able to meet the moving and handling requirements of the role
  • Must be able to work shifts as required for a 24/7 service
  • Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Hereford County Hospital

  Stonebow Road

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Hereford County Hospital

  Stonebow Road

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.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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