Senior Theatre Support Worker

NHS Jobs; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering a theatre-focused role based in Liverpool. You will assist in planning, implementing and evaluating patient care within the theatre team and perform peri-operative tasks as required, including catheterisation, scrub duties, equipment management and patient handovers.

The role requires hands-on experience in operating theatres and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of clinical environment hygiene and patient safety.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Assist in theatre procedures and peri-operative care planning and evaluation.
• Undertake pre-operative catheterisation of female patients.
• Act as scrub person for minor surgery, endoscopic procedures and arthroscopic procedures.
• Organise equipment and staff for theatre lists.
• Maintain stock levels of specialist items and resources; decontaminate scopes.
• Escort patients from theatre to recovery with proper handover and ensure smooth transfer.
• Check-in patients from ward to Anesthetic Room and contribute to handover procedures.
• Assist in cleaning and maintenance of clinical environment and theatre equipment.

Job description

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

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust