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Job overview
The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital is one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. Delivering high volume and low complexity cases locally for the people we serve across our region.
We are looking for an Orthopaedic Liaison Support to join our team.
Under the guidance & supervision of the Clinical Leads for Orthopaedics, you will assume daily responsibility for the ordering, receipting and monitoring of stock levels for all consumables, implants & loan equipment required to support the smooth & efficient running of both the Elective & Orthopaedic theatre services.
If you are a team player with excellent communication skills then we would love to hear from you.
The Dame Clare Marx Building houses our elective orthopaedic centre (ESEOC) and focuses on elective orthopaedic surgery and day cases. The centre has eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a supportive role to all members of the theatre team in the delivery of patient care
- Support Orthopaedic liaison to oversee the availability of trust standard Orthopaedic instrumentation and prosthesis for the list; ensure the correct and adequate range is available. Provide feedback to the orthopaedic liaison when potential problems occur.
- Liaise closely with staff in the Sterile Services Unit as directed by the orthopaedic Liaison regarding instrumentation requiring a speedy ‘turn around’. Advise Orthopaedic liaison if conflict is anticipated.
- Support ordering and maintaining agreed stock levels for all owned & consigned Orthopaedic prosthesis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description
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This advert is for Orthopaedic Liaison Support with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 2 role. The advertised salary is £25,272 £23,615 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Jun 2026.
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