Theatre Support Assistant – Elective Surgery

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is hiring a Theatre Support Worker at Wycombe Hospital to join our operating theatres team. You will support theatre practitioners and assist with circulating duties, instrument handling, stock control and patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or operating department practitioner.

Successful candidates will contribute to efficient theatre lists and patient safety, with training provided and opportunities to develop within a supportive NHS

Qualifications

• Participate in circulating duties under the supervision of trained theatre staff.
• Collect sets and instruments for operating lists.
• Make requests to the Sterile Services Department for instrumentation required.
• Maintain stock levels in theatre and preparation areas.
• Work as a member of the theatre team.
• To maintain stocks of specimen containers, slides and forms from the Pathology department.
• Carry out date checks on sterile instruments and report any discrepancies.
• To assist with the calculation of blood loss for patients in theatre and report promptly to the scrub nurse excessive loss.
• Able to stand for long periods of time and engage in frequent moving and handling of patients, equipment and instrument trays.

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is hiring a Theatre Support Worker at Wycombe Hospital to join our operating theatres team. You will support theatre practitioners and assist with circulating duties, instrument handling, stock control and patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or operating department practitioner.

Successful candidates will contribute to efficient theatre lists and patient safety, with training provided and opportunities to develop within a supportive NHS