Senior Theatre Support Worker

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking three Band 3 Senior Theatre Support Workers to join the Royal Liverpool University Hospital site. The role supports theatre teams in planning, assessment, and delivery of patient care with duties including escorting patients to theatre and post-op areas and ensuring smooth theatre lists.

Internal rotation across theatres, anaesthetic, scrub and recovery allows development.

Qualifications

• NVQ3 or equivalent in care/care-related subject
• Level 3/equivalent experience in direct patient care

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of high-quality patient care
• Assist in safe standards of practice
• Support theatre team to meet service and performance targets and optimise theatre resources
• Internal rotation across theatres, anaesthetic, scrub and recovery for development
• Agree on appraisals to move to other areas of experience
• Contribute to the peri-operative care team and ensure handovers are completed

Skills

Basic IT skills

Education

NVQ3/equivalent experience in care

Level 3/equivalent experience in direct care

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Theatre Support Worker

The closing date is 25 November 2026

THIS POST IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORHSIP

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our theatres. We are looking to recruit 3 Band 3 Senior Theatre Support Workers to join our friendly team, based on the Royal Liverpool Hospital site.

The successful candidate will assist the theatre team in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care. You will assist in the smooth running of theatre lists, sending for patients as required and escorting patients to theatre and post op to the Theatre Admissions Unit with appropriate handovers, monitoring patients condition and seeking advice where there is cause for concern.

A reputation for providing a high standard of care is essential for this post.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of high-quality care

To assist in the delivery of safe standards of practice

To assist in the theatre team in meeting service and performance targets, and the effective use of theatre resources

Internal rotation is in practice through theatres, anaesthetic, scrub and recovery to allow personal development and the smooth delivery of service. You may therefore agree on formal appraisal to move to another area of experience.

It is recognised that on agreement at formal appraisal on annual basis there may be a decision to concentrate on certain aspects of this job description.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Job responsibilities

To assist the theatre team in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care

After competency assessment, undertake appropriate clinical procedures in the clinical skills in all areas of care delivery

Undertake pre-operative catheterisation of female patients

Act as scrub person for minor surgery, endoscopic procedures and some arthroscopic procedures

Take responsibility for ordering and maintenance of stock levels, of specialist items and resources in the unit.

Assist in the smooth running of theatre lists by sending for patients as required and escorting patients from theatre to recovery area with the appropriate handover.

Undertake the checking-in procedure when receiving patients from the ward into the Anaesthetic Room,

Participate in peri-operative care team

Assist in the cleaning and maintenance of the clinical environment and theatre equipment

Organise the required equipment and medical staff needed for the list.

Take responsibility for the decontamination and disinfection of scopes and specialist probes

Undertake clinical procedures including bronchoscopy, flexible cystoscopes, TRUBS and ECT

Monitor the patients condition and take appropriate action if there is any cause for concern

Discharge patients to the ward or Recovery Area

For further information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ3/equivalent experience in care/care related subject
• Level 3/equivalent experience in direct care

Knowledge

• Awareness of Essence of Care benchmarking

Other

• Reputation for high standard of patient care
• Supportive of colleagues and patients

Skills

• Basic IT skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum, pro rata