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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 Porter to join our Halton Site Theatres across Captain Sir Tom Moore and Nightingale Theatres. We welcome applications from both experienced Theatre Porters and Healthcare Assistants who are wishing to expand their skills into the Theatre environment.
We are an elective surgical department, with a combined total of 8 Theatres, and 2 Procedure Rooms. We have recently completed our expansion, and successfully constructed our 8th Theatre and Procedure Room. In March 2023, CSTM Theatres achieved a Gold Star Accreditation for Care & Excellence. We are a CQC rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our elective surgery service is based at Halton Hospital in Runcorn and we are seeking experienced, motivated and caring individuals who share our mission to be “outstanding for our patients, our communities and each other”.
If you require a Visa to work in the UK, please be advised that the Band 2 Theatre Porter role is not eligible for a Certificate of Sponsorship. It is essential that you have unrestricted Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.
Main duties of the job
As a Theatre Porter, you will be an integral part of the patient’s perioperative journey by:
- Ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Provide a high-quality porter service primarily escorting/chaperoning patients to and from the theatre department
- General housekeeping with routine cleaning duties.
- Transport of pathological specimens.
- Transfer of items between locations
- Transport and preparation of medical gas cylinders.
- Assisting in the Recovery Unit.
- Any other requested tasks deemed appropriate to their scope of practice.
- Reporting to Team Leaders and Co-Ordinator’s.
We offer full support by all members of staff. Regular reviews will support your progress in conjunction with online E-learning, and other in-house training prospects.
You will also have opportunities to work across site at the Nightingale Building, and Warrington Hospital (based on service requirements), where we support Children’s Surgery, and patients who may require higher levels of clinical support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please See the Full Job Description/Person Spec/Advert Attached.
Part-Time Hours (22.5hrs p/week) to meet departmental requirements.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Theatre Porter with Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Monday-Friday. (Subject to change depending on Departmental/Hospital Requirements). The application deadline is 08 Jun 2026.
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