# Theatre Orderly

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/theatre-orderly/e3c82882-4e60-4ff3-8bde-c7ebc12aaa87
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** King's Mill Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends and late shifts)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T10:40:33.439Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Sutton_Ashfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Theatres/Theatres-v8230633
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8230633?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you ready to join a dynamic healthcare team and make a meaningful difference to patients every day? We are looking for a dedicated and organised Theatre Orderly to join our busy Operating Theatres at King’s Mill Hospital.

As a Theatre Orderly, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our theatres running safely, smoothly and efficiently. You’ll work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, supporting patients throughout their theatre journey and helping to deliver high-quality care across a wide range of specialities, including Orthopaedics, General Surgery, ENT, Gynaecology, Breast, Urology and Ophthalmology.

No two days will be the same. From safely collecting and transferring patients, completing identification checks and supporting patient positioning, to preparing equipment, maintaining theatre flow and ensuring high standards of cleanliness and infection control, your contribution will have a direct impact on both patient experience and the efficiency of our services.

This is a rewarding opportunity to become an important part of a supportive theatre team, where teamwork, compassion, reliability and attention to detail are valued. If you’re organised, calm under pressure and passionate about providing excellent patient care, we’d love to hear from you.

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Able to maintain patient confidentiality
- Work effectively with other professions with other professions
- Team worker
- Able to communicate effectively
- Remains calm under pressure
- Motivated
- Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
- Awareness of safeguarding issues
- Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous care work experience
- Previous face to face customer care experience

**Desirable**

- Theatre Portering/ orderly experience or experience in hospital setting

### Contractual

**Essential**

- Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Good standard of education in English & Maths
- Care certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement

## Documents

- [theatre orderly (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540427)
- [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702)
- [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448)
- [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938)

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