Theatre Sterile Services Stores Operative

ROH; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Wycombe is seeking a Theatres Sterile Services/Stores Operative to support theatres across specialties, ensuring sterile instruments and consumables are available for the day before surgery.

You will join a dedicated team, receive on-the-job training, and help deliver patient care while adhering to Trust policies. The role offers career development and NHS benefits including annual leave and pension.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in stressful and pressurised situations.
• Good time management.
• Ability to prioritise workload to meet the demands of the department.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all instruments and consumables are available to theatres the day before surgery, and to elevate any shortfall to a senior person, in a timely manner.
• Assist in the delivery of patient care
• Contribute to quality improvement
• Adhere to all Trust Policies and Procedure
• To ensure all instruments and consumables are available for use to Theatres the day before surgery, and to elevate any shortfall to a senior person, in a timely manner.
• To ensure Surgeons’ preference cards are up to date, working in conjunction with Theatre staff.
• To ensure the prompt return to CSSD of all instruments, liaison with CSSD to ensure priority is given to urgent requirements.

Skills

Excellent communication andinterperson

Ability to work under pressure

Time management

Prioritise workload

Job description

Theatre Sterile Services Stores Operative

Band 2

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Wycombe Hospital Operating Theatres are looking for a Theatres Sterile Services/Stores Operative to join our friendly team. As the elective surgery site for the Trust, we support operations across a range of specialities, including ENT, General surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Plastic surgery, Robotic surgery and Urology.

You will be supporting the care of patients undergoing operations by ensuring the provision of all sterile instruments and consumables to theatres within the agreed time. You will be joining a team of dedicated professionals who you will learn from on the job and we will provide training to ensure you have the skills for the role.

Main duties of the job

Your main job role will be ensuring all instruments and consumables are available to theatres the day before surgery, and to elevate any inability to do so in a timely manner.

Assist in the delivery of patient care

Contribute to quality improvement

Adhere to all Trust Policies and Procedure

To ensure all instruments and consumables are available for use to Theatres the day before surgery, and to elevate any shortfall to a senior person, in a timely manner.

To ensure Surgeons’ preference cards are up to date, working in conjunction with Theatre staff.

To ensure the prompt return to CSSD of all instruments, liaison with CSSD to ensure priority is given to urgent requirements.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [emailprotected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

Experience

• Previous experience of sterile services or theatres (not essential)

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in stressful and pressurised situations.
• Good time management
• Ability to prioritise workload to meet the demands of the department

Special Circumstances

• Good team worker

Trust Values

• Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
• Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued
• Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.