# Band 3 Theatre Service Co-ordinator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-3-theatre-service-co-ordinator/27641195-3936-46ee-ad55-0d50dab42895 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-3-theatre-service-co-ordinator/27641195-3936-46ee-ad55-0d50dab42895.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 to £27,476 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-06-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T11:40:17.601Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0020-26-0783?employerCode=C0020 - **Application URL:** https://uhb.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/15023?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.uhb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary We are seeking a Theatre Services Co-ordinator to join the Surgical Theatres team at Solihull Hospital. The role involves supporting the smooth running of theatre services and maintaining a safe, efficient environment for patients and staff. You will need strong organisational, communication, and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritise work, solve problems independently, and work effectively as part of a team. You will work in operating theatres supporting surgeries in Colorectal, Urology, Breast, Plastics, and Ophthalmology. The role involves: Assisting with patient transfers to theatre Supporting theatre staff and working with housekeeping, decontamination, and portering teams Monitoring stock and maintaining a tidy environment Ensuring surgical equipment and instrument kits are available Working flexibly across the department Please consider whether you are comfortable working in a surgical theatre environment. All the above comes with a remuneration package of a Band 3 -- which currently stands at includes a starting salary of 25,760 rising to 27,476 along with benefits. If you'd like to join a caring and nurturing team providing the best care to our patients, we would love to hear from you. You can simply apply via this advert or drop us an email at Connected-Solihull@uhb.nhs.uk and we'll arrange a meeting a tour of the facilities and meeting with the Team. ### Main duties of the job Theatre Service Co-Ordinator role is part of the wider theatre team that ensures the efficient, safe delivery of care across the theatre environment. The main duty of this role includes the support, planning and co-ordination of daily theatre lists. Duties also include: The use of I.T systems to track usage of equipment, stock and accurate records of loan kits Management of received surgical consumables, performing stock rotation escalating any issues to procurement and surgical teams Communicating with medical representatives, companies, sterile support services and theatre teams to ensure equipment needs for the department are dealt with Liaising with outside areas to ensure patients are transferred to theatres in a timely manner, ensuring documentation is completed before arrival into the theatre suite, including the collection of patients To work collaboratively and flexibly in theatres as a theatre support worker when required Handling of specimens adhering to local policies, ensuring all are labelled correctly Involvement in the upkeep of the department reporting of any environmental issues or damage and provide a clean and safe environment for patients and colleagues To become knowledgeable in the use of multiple theatre surgical devices including table attachments Competence with the collection of blood products where required for elective and emergency procedures Upkeep of mandatory skills to perform role Organisation of equipment transfers between surgical sites ### About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. ### Details - Date posted: 19 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 3 - Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 304-9016561 - Job locations: Solihull Hospital, Lode Ln, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2JL, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Job Details We are seeking a Theatre Services Co-ordinator to join the Surgical Theatres team at Solihull Hospital. The role involves supporting the smooth running of theatre services and maintaining a safe, efficient environment for patients and staff. You will need strong organisational, communication, and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritise work, solve problems independently, and work effectively as part of a team. You will work in operating theatres supporting surgeries in Colorectal, Urology, Breast, Plastics, and Ophthalmology. The role involves: Assisting with patient transfers to theatre Supporting theatre staff and working with housekeeping, decontamination, and portering teams Monitoring stock and maintaining a tidy environment Ensuring surgical equipment and instrument kits are available Working flexibly across the department Please consider whether you are comfortable working in a surgical theatre environment. All the above comes with a remuneration package of a Band 3 -- which currently stands at includes a starting salary of 25,760 rising to 27,476 along with benefits. If you'd like to join a caring and nurturing team providing the best care to our patients, we would love to hear from you. You can simply apply via this advert or drop us an email at Connected-Solihull@uhb.nhs.uk and we'll arrange a meeting a tour of the facilities and meeting with the Team. ## Job Description Theatre Service Co-Ordinator role is part of the wider theatre team that ensures the efficient, safe delivery of care across the theatre environment. The main duty of this role includes the support, planning and co-ordination of daily theatre lists. Duties also include: The use of I.T systems to track usage of equipment, stock and accurate records of loan kits Management of received surgical consumables, performing stock rotation escalating any issues to procurement and surgical teams Communicating with medical representatives, companies, sterile support services and theatre teams to ensure equipment needs for the department are dealt with Liaising with outside areas to ensure patients are transferred to theatres in a timely manner, ensuring documentation is completed before arrival into the theatre suite, including the collection of patients To work collaboratively and flexibly in theatres as a theatre support worker when required Handling of specimens adhering to local policies, ensuring all are labelled correctly Involvement in the upkeep of the department reporting of any environmental issues or damage and provide a clean and safe environment for patients and colleagues To become knowledgeable in the use of multiple theatre surgical devices including table attachments Competence with the collection of blood products where required for elective and emergency procedures Upkeep of mandatory skills to perform role Organisation of equipment transfers between surgical sites ## Responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - *Evidence of recent working in an acute hospital / relevant healthcare environment - *Recent employment in a theatre setting in a hospital setting - *Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook) - *Experience of using IT systems - *Experience in undertaking a range of physical observations and clinical skills relevant to the role - *Evidence of, or ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of the principles of team work and communication in a theatre environment - *Can demonstrate understanding or the role , knowledge of care and care related procedures associated with the practice setting - *Can demonstrate and understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children , young people and vulnerable adults and can relate this to the role ### Qualifications **Essential** - *Successful completion of Trust approved assessment process for Literacy and Numeracy at level 1 or Certificates for Maths / English ( E ) - *Care Certificate / NVQ 3 Health & Social Care or equivalent knowledge training and experience gained through working in a clinical practice setting ( E ) ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - *Good communication / customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion - *Good keyboard/ IT skills - *Good organisation skills and ability to multitask - *Good time management skills - *Ability to deal professionally with enquiries from staff, Patients and Visitors - *Ability to problem solve - *Understand confidentiality and apply the principles in every day working practice - *Ability to pay attention to detail where there are predictable interruptions to the work pattern - *Ability to deal with stressful situations and sensitive issues - *Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services - *Confident in dealing with people at all levels - *Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity - *Mature open and flexible approach to work - *Demonstrates care and compassion - *Good inter-personal and communication skills. - *Good organisational skills - *Team Player - *Conscientious - *Demonstrates reliability, motivation and commitment ## Documents - [Band 3 JD PS.pdf (PDF, 384 KB)](document:2964158) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.