Childrens Theatre Porter/Orderly

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Operating Theatre Porter/Orderly to support the theatre team in delivering direct and indirect patient care. The role involves escorting patients, maintaining a safe theatre environment, and assisting with stock and equipment management across theatres in Bristol.

The post holder will work within the theatre suites to ensure efficient patient flow, effective communication with multidisciplinary teams, and adherence to safeguarding and health-and-safety

Qualifications

• Support safe and efficient transfer of patients between wards, departments, theatres and recovery areas.
• Provide reassurance and support to patients and relatives during the peri-operative journey.
• Carry out essential patient checks and communicate effectively, adapting to individual patient needs and preferences.
• Assist clinical teams by maintaining a clean, safe theatre environment in line with infection prevention and control standards.
• Transport equipment, clinical waste, specimens, and soiled instruments safely and in accordance with Trust policies.
• Support stock management, including storage and replenishment of theatre supplies and equipment.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams and assist visitors within the department.
• Report faults, maintain health and safety standards, and adhere to safeguarding requirements at all times.
• Support patient flow within theatre pathways, including day-case admissions, anaesthetic room assistance, and mortuary transfers when required.
• Respond to emergency bleep calls and provide support across theatre complexes as needed.

Responsibilities

• Escort surgical patients to and from the operating theatre.
• Work with theatre staff to support patient care and theatre flow.
• Ensure safe handling and transfer of patients throughout peri-operative care.
• Maintain clean, safe theatre environment and assist with supplies.
• Support infection prevention and waste management within theatre areas.
• Coordinate with teams to keep theatres stocked and ready for procedures.

Skills

Patient transfer

Peri-operative support

Communication skills

Infection control

Job description

Do you have what it takes to be an Operating Theatre Porter/Orderly within Childrens Theatres

This post holder will work with the Theatre team to deliver direct and indirect patient care.

The post holder will complete delegated tasks within the theatre suites to support efficency and flow.

To escort surgical patients to and from the operating theatre and work alongside theatre staff to provide excellent patient care.,

Main Duties:

• Support the safe and efficient transfer of patients between wards, departments, theatres and recovery areas.
• Provide reassurance and support to patients and relatives during the peri- operative journey.
• Carry out essential patient checks and communicate effectively, adapting to individual patient needs and preferences.
• Assist clinical teams by maintaining a clean, safe, and well-stocked theatre environment in line with infection prevention and control standards.
• Transport equipment, clinical waste, specimens, and soiled instruments safely and in accordance with Trust policies.
• Support stock management, including storage and replenishment of theatre supplies and equipment.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams and assist visitors within the department.
• Report faults, maintain health and safety standards, and adhere to safeguarding requirements at all times.
• Support patient flow within theatre pathways, including day-case admissions, anaesthetic room assistance, and mortuary transfers when required.
• Respond to emergency bleep calls and provide support across theatre complexes as needed.

people and vulnerable adults.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young