Senior Theatre Support Worker

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Theatre Support Worker to join their Ophthalmology theatres team. This role involves assisting with patient care, managing theatre lists, and ensuring the smooth operation of surgical procedures. Candidates must have NVQ3 or equivalent in care and demonstrate a commitment to high standards of patient care. This position offers a salary range from £24,937 to £26,598 annually, pro rata, and requires basic IT skills.

Qualifications

• Awareness of Essence of Care benchmarking.
• Reputation for high standard of patient care.
• Supportive of colleagues and patients.

Responsibilities

• Assist the theatre team in patient care assessments and implementations.
• Undertake appropriate clinical procedures as per competency assessment.
• Monitor patients' conditions and take necessary actions.
• Discharge patients to the ward or Recovery Area.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Education

NVQ3/equivalent experience in care

Level 3/equivalent experience in direct care

Job description

Senior Theatre Support Worker

The closing date is 31 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Ophthalmology 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.

In 2025 we are welcoming the introduction of a dedicated Cataract Treatment Centre in which the role of the Senior Theatre Support worker will be essential. This is a very exciting project for Ophthalmology.

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

Main duties of the job

• Assist in the delivery of high‑quality care
• Assist in the delivery of safe standards of practice
• Assist 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 an annual basis there may be a decision to concentrate on certain aspects of the 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.

ULHG 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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single‑site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is 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 their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• 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

£24,937 to £26,598 a year, pro rata