Clinical Support Worker - Theatres

East And North Hertfordshire Nhs Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is recruiting a Clinical Support Worker for Theatres in Stevenage. The role involves preparing theatres, ensuring equipment is ready, and supporting Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners to deliver high-quality patient care.

The post may involve work in Pre-Op, with basic observations, and the position requires 18+ with commitment to our core values and team-based care in a busy surgical setting.

Qualifications

• GCSEs in English and Math
• Care Certificate
• Health and Social Care Level 2
• Healthcare or care work experience

Responsibilities

• Prepare theatre and ensure equipment is ready
• Assist the registered practitioner and provide patient care
• Work across Theatre areas at the Lister or QE2
• Support in Pre-Op with basic observations
• Participate in information sessions and recruitment process

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Interpersonal skills

IT basics

Self-motivation

Pressure handling

Deadline awareness

Education

GCSE English & Math

Care Certificate

Health and Social Care Level 2

Job description

Clinical Support Worker - Theatres East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Stevenage

Job overview

We are recruiting for Clinical Support Workers - Theatres who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You must be 18+ to undertake this post.

You will work alongside Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners, get Theatre ready, making sure the correct equipment is available while maintaining a sterile environment. You will assist the registered practitioner, ensuring excellent patient care is given, that align with our trust values.

This role could see you work in any of the Theatre areas, both at the Lister or QE2. You would help in setting up your allocated Theatre, making sure all the equipment needed for the day is ready and available.

You will also be trained in the Pre-Op area, where you will take basic patient observations, and stay with them until they are called to Theatre. We also have vacancies available as CSW in Pre Op area only.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The role in Pre Op will include supporting the health-screening and early optimisation programme before the patient’s scheduled elective admission and surgery and working closely with the unit manager to continue to move the service forward.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in a virtual information and guidance session.

We look forward to engaging with as many candidates as possible. The session will provide comprehensive details regarding the role, offer interview advice and explain the overall recruitment process.

The Maths and English assessment will take place on Monday 7th September 2026. The assessment day is in person only. Interviews will take place at a later date.

To find out further details about the role please visit our Trust Clinical Support worker page - https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/careers/roles-professions/clinical-support-workers/

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

• GCSEs (or equivalent qualification or standard) in English and Math
• Care Certificate
• Health and Social Care Level 2

Previous Experience

• Experience of healthcare or care work
• Experience of working with the general public or a range of different people

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively people with varying levels of understanding
• Evidence of being self-motivated
• Evidence of working effectively as part of a team
• Basic IT skills – ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work in a busy, sometimes pressurized environment
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to use judgement on when to escape issues and problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to use them to communicate effectively with patients within a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

• Awareness of clinical setting and clinical care
• Knowledge of a range of clinical procedures