Healthcare Support Worker (Theatres)

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Support Worker to work in our Theatre departments at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS).

Whether you are an experienced Healthcare Support Worker or just starting out – if you are caring, compassionate and looking for a new challenge, then we’ll have a role for you! Apply to join the team at UHS and take the next steps in your healthcare career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Southampton General Hospital - Centre block theatres  About the team:  We cover a wide variety of specialities such as: Orthopaedics, Neuro, Paediatrics, ENT Cardiac and mixed general surgical fields. We are a regional specialist centre and do many pioneering procedures.

We have the highest ratio of staff to patients in the hospital and team working is key to our success. The circulating role in theatre is vital to delivery of our service and you would be directly assisting the surgical team during the operation. We support training in the initial phase of learning the role doubled up with an experienced member of staff and become independent when ready. We encourage and assist staff through obtaining their functional skills level 2, level 3 health care and onwards to a Nursing or Operating Department Practitioner apprenticeship.

We are looking for individuals with the ability and attitude to grow and develop into a valued member of our team. Whatever level of skill or experience you currently have, if you can demonstrate drive and potential, our comprehensive induction and in-house training teams will help you to reach your full potential.

We consider part time application (minimum of 23 hours per week), however all applicants MUST be fully flexible to cover a variety of shifts including early, late, long days and nights – as our services operate 24 hours, 365 days a year.

Princess Anne Hospital About the team:  We specialise in Obstetric & Gynaecology (benign & oncology services, fertility treatment) and breast surgeries and pride ourselves with having a multi-disciplinary team offering services to women and newborn. You will be working with a variety of teams of highly competent and reliable nurses, ODP's and HCA's, complimenting the different consultants working in the department.

We are a friendly unit with 4 operating theatres, which provide a 24/7 emergency services for obstetric and gynaecology  conditions and elective services for obstetric, benign and oncology gynaecology and breast surgery, including reconstruction.

There is an attached Recovery and Day Surgery Unit which has 6 recovery beds and and 15 day-surgery beds which are open from 7:30-10 pm.

We’re recruiting HCAs across all theatre departments at UHS and will allocate you to your department after successful interview.

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the Home Office threshold for sponsorship and requires candidates to complete a 9-month training period. We are therefore unable to accept applications from candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK or where candidates do not have at least 9 months remaining on their visa from the start date of the new role.

Due to a high volume of applications, the Trust reserves the right to close this advert early.