Laparoscopic/Liver Theatre Support Worker (Experienced)

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Band 2 Health Care Support Workers in the Theatre Department at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. You will play a crucial role in supporting paediatric surgery, providing exceptional care to patients and their families while working in a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake any competencies necessary for the role.
• Previous experience in a theatre setting is advantageous.
• Experience working with children and young people or relevant care experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centered care.
• Assist in theatre settings under supervision of a Theatre Practitioner.
• Deliver excellent care to children and families in the theatre department.

Skills

Care support

Teamwork

Patient-centered care

Education

Maths and English Language GCSE grade C or above

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Employer Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Birmingham Children's Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £23,615 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/06/2025 23:59

Laparoscopic/Liver Theatre Support Worker (Experienced)

NHS AfC: Band 2

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Theatre Department at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s hospital. We are looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic experienced Band 2 Health Care support workers to join our team working between our Laparoscopic theatre and our Liver on call team.

Our health care support workers play a vital role in providing excellent care to the children and families that are cared for within the theatre department.

You could be one of them. And change lives every single day.

We want people who will live our trust values to be Ambitious, Brave and Compassionate and deliver our vision To be a world leading team providing world leading care.

Main duties of the job

The role exists to provide a multi skilled worker who under the supervision of a Theatre Practitioner supports the multidisciplinary team to provide patient centered care

As leading tertiary centre the hospital performs a wide range of acute and specialised paediatric surgery, and has a busy Emergency Department managing 60,000 attendances/year and a 31 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The hospital is a regional designated Trauma Centre and is proposing further service expansions. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent staff experience, and is committed to engagement and improvement.

Or contact Allanah/ Niki/ Jane/Amy in the Theatre Education Team

0121 333 9999 ext 6225

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Maths and English Language GCSE grade C or above or Level 2 functional skills/Key skills in Numeracy and literacy)
• Willingness to undertake any competencies necessary for role
• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

• Experience working in a theatre setting
• Previous experience working with children and young people or relevant experience working in care

Our current Mental Health Services division may be transferring the provision of its services to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT). Whilst at present you are applying for a position within Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation should you be successful in gaining a position within Mental Health Services, your employment may in the future be transferred over to BSMHFT. Should any new information become available, you will be kept informed of this throughout your recruitment process.

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.