Theatre Care Assistant – Surgical Support

Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 Theatre Support Worker for the Broadgreen Hospital site. You will support the theatre team with planning, assessment, and handovers, ensuring safe and efficient patient care throughout the perioperative pathway.

You will assist with theatre list preparation, escort patients to theatre and post‑op recovery, and help manage stock, equipment, and the sterile environment.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in care or care related subject.
• Level 3 in direct care.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Reputation for high standard of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assist the theatre team in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
• Assist in the set up of your theatre each morning ensuring all Trust policies and procedures are followed.
• Assist the scrub practitioner in setting up for surgical procedures including equipment.
• Act as the secondary checker when counting swabs, needles, instruments and sterile fluids with a registered member of staff.
• Circulate for surgical procedures ensuring sterility is maintained and instrumentation, equipment and sundries are available as required.
• 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.
• Monitor the patients condition and take appropriate action if there is any cause for concern.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 3 in care

Level 3 in direct care

Tools

Basic IT skills

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 Theatre Support Worker for the Broadgreen Hospital site. You will support the theatre team with planning, assessment, and handovers, ensuring safe and efficient patient care throughout the perioperative pathway.

You will assist with theatre list preparation, escort patients to theatre and post‑op recovery, and help manage stock, equipment, and the sterile environment.