Operating Department Orderly

Job overview

Operating Department Orderly - Band 2

We are looking for a motivated, reliable, and compassionate Operating Department Orderly to join our friendly and dynamic theatre department at Croydon University Hospital. We care for a diverse patient population, and this is an exciting opportunity to become part of a highly-skilled, multi-disciplinary team within our modern theatre complex. This comprises of 12 theatre Elective Unit, a 4-theatre emergency unit and 3 Recovery units. As an operating department orderly, you will play a key role in supporting the safe, effective, and high-quality care we provide, assisting the clinical team and helping to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the theatre environment. If you share our trust values of being compassionate, professional, safe and respectful, and are passionate about making a positive difference, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team.

Interviews: 22nd September 2026

Main duties of the job

• Collecting and returning patients between wards, associated departments and theatres, ensuring their safety and dignity is maintained. 2. Assisting in the lifting and transferring of patients, ensuring their safety and dignity is maintained. 3. Assisting in the positioning of patients in theatre and the anaesthetic rooms as appropriate, ensuring their safety and dignity is maintained. 4. Collection, transportation and scanning of routine and emergency blood units into and out of theatre. 5. Transportation and delivery of routine and emergency blood gas specimens. 6. Transportation and delivery of routine and urgent histopathology specimens, including urgent frozen sections. 7. Collection and delivery of equipment and operating sets between departments ensuring no damage or de-sterilization occurs. 8. Collection and delivery of property boxes from various departments. 9. Checking and changing of cylinders used for patient transfer, on patient trolleys and on theatre equipment. 10.Cleaning and preparation of theatre trolleys, checking they are in good working order. 11.Cleaning theatre and anaesthetic room floors as required. 12.Cleaning of high areas within theatres, anaesthetic rooms and associated areas to ensure meeting of Infection Control and Health & Safety standards. 13.Cleaning and inspection of allocated corridors and associated areas to ensure meeting of Infection Control and Health and Safety standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.