Theatre Healthcare Assistant (Band 3)

Job overview

If you are passionate about surgery and have a desire to work in a supportive, compassionate, and dedicated team, then this is the job for you!

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Theatre Support Assistant to join our Captain Sir Tom Moore Building Elective Orthopaedic Theatre service. We welcome applications from both experienced Theatre Support Assistants and Healthcare Assistants who are wishing to expand their skills into the Theatre environment.

If you are an overseas national who would require a Certificate of Sponsorship from the Trust to ensure your Right to Work in the UK, the Band 3 Healthcare worker role is unable to offer this if you are new to the NHS (or have less than 2 years’ service in the NHS) and therefore your starting salary would be £24,071.  This is due to a change in the increased salary threshold advised by the UK Home Office on 12th March 2025, stating that Employer sponsorship will only be available for starting salaries above £25,000.  If you apply for the role and this restriction applies to you, your application would be automatically rejected prior to shortlisting stage.

Main duties of the job

We are an elective orthopaedic department, with 5 Theatres, and 1 Procedure Room. We have recently completed our expansion, and successfully constructed our 5th Theatre and Procedure Room.

As a Theatre Support Assistant, you will be an integral part of the patient’s perioperative journey by:

• Working within Orthopaedic Theatres to support the care of our patients.
• Supporting the wider team, potentially working across other specialities, and across sites when required.
• Supporting the interprofessional team in the patient’s perioperative journey.
• Working within the multi-professional team.
• Using excellent communication skills to enhance care and efficiency.
• Opening sterile packs to ensure Infection Prevention and Control.
• Assisting counting Instruments, Swabs and Sharps.
• Completing designated theatre documentation, digital and paper formats.
• Assisting with the setup of a Theatre Suite.
• Maintaining a clean and usable department.
• Completing E-Learning and regularly organised training.
• Having the willingness to learn and grow.
• Reporting to the Team Leaders to complete daily theatre orientated tasks.

*** Shifts are:  1 x 8am -7pm 3 x 8am -5.30pm Total of 37.5 hpw. Currently working Monday to Friday with a potential of expanding to weekend working in the future ***

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In March 2023, CSTM Theatres achieved a Gold Star Accreditation for Care & Excellence. A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will primarily provide assistance within all aspects of their role as a theatre support assistant. They will be responsible for the provision of high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives as part of a multidisciplinary team. In addition to clinical duties, the direct supervision and training of learners and new theatre support assistants will be their responsibility to ensure the provision of a high quality and cost-effective  service to patients and users. The theatre support assistant will be responsible for acting in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the good standard and reputation of the trust.

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