Clinical Support Worker - Theatres

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital in East Grinstead is looking for a Clinical Support Worker to join their theatre team. You will play a vital role in providing a safe, efficient care environment for patients during surgery. Ideal candidates should be enthusiastic and capable of maintaining patient dignity while supporting a skilled theatre team. Training and development opportunities will be provided.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and caring individual with teamwork abilities.
• Capacity to maintain patient comfort, privacy, and dignity.
• Ability to communicate professionally and compassionately.

Responsibilities

• Support the provision of an effective and safe clinical service.
• Assist with direct and indirect patient care.
• Communicate with the peri-operative team professionally.
• Maintain professionalism and respect towards colleagues.

Skills

Teamwork

Empathy

Good communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Overview

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary theatre team to provide a safe, efficient care environment for patients throughout surgery. This position will be in the Operating Theatre.

Specialist surgical services offered

• Major head and neck reconstruction
• Orthognathic
• Plastics, including reconstruction
• Hands
• Ophthalmic, including corneal grafts
• Burns
• Upper and lower limb trauma

Working for our organisation

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a skilled theatre team to support the provision of an effective and safe clinical service.
• Work as part of a team under supervision to provide a safe, effective environment of care for patients, relatives and their carers.
• Under direction of a registered practitioner, to support a comprehensive level of care is given, maintaining high standards and continuity of care to patients.
• Support the registered practitioners in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.
• Under the direction of a registered practitioner, undertake a range of delegated clinical peri-operative duties including record keeping, patient observations and specimen handling.
• Assist the theatre practitioners in the checking of sterilised equipment, ensuring related paperwork is in order and completed correctly.
• Communicate with peri-operative team, patients and their carers in a professional and compassionate manner. To escalate any concerns about a patient to the relevant practitioner immediately.
• Assist patients when necessary whilst ensuring the dignity of the patient is maintained at all times, e.g. undressing, chaperoning, emotional and physical support overcoming barriers to communication as necessary.
• Acting as a positive role model for peers, supporting other HCAs as required.
• Maintain professionalism at all times and respect colleagues.
• Careful moving and handling of equipment, wheelchairs and trolleys

Are you an enthusiastic, caring person with good teamwork abilities? Clinical Support Workers play an important role and are an intrinsic part of the theatre team. On a daily basis you will be helping our patients maintain their comfort, privacy and dignity. The role requires empathy, good communication skills and the ability to work under pressure.