Theatre Support Worker

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a Theatre Support Worker to assist the surgical team, maintain sterile/non-sterile equipment, and uphold infection control within the theatres. The role requires good English communication, interpersonal skills, and GCSE-level numeracy, with weekend and night rotations after competency training.

The post involves ensuring a safe patient environment, supporting stock management, and maintaining a clean theatre space under supervision.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written command of English.
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills.
• Numeracy equivalent to GCSE.

Responsibilities

• Assist the surgical team to provide a quality service.
• Assist the surgical team to deliver safe patient care.
• Support the surgical team in preparing sterile and non-sterile equipment.
• Maintain a clean and tidy environment throughout theatres.
• Maintain good stock levels.
• Join weekend and night rotation after competence training.
• Communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• Work under supervision.
• Provide and receive routine information.
• Record care under supervision.
• Ensure infection control standards are maintained by all MDT members.
• Keep theatres clean and tidy at all times.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

GCSE level numeracy

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Theatre Support Worker to join the team working in theatres. The post holder will be responsible for:

• Assisting the surgical team to provide a quality service.
• Assisting the surgical team to deliver safe patient care
• Supporting the surgical team in the preparation of sterile and non- sterile equipment.
• Maintaining a clean and tidy environment throughout theatres.
• Maintaining a good stock levels
• As part of the weekend and on call., Works as part of the team to maintain good working relationships.
• Communicates well both verbal and written.
• Is able to work under supervision.
• Able to provide and receive routine information.
• Provides information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
• Reports any concern regarding patient care.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Supervised by the trained nurse, records care.
• Able to make sure infection control standards are maintained by all members of the MDT
• Able to maintain Theatres clean and tidy all the times
• Join weekend and night rotation after competence training.
  You must also demonstrate a good verbal and written command of English, along with excellent communication/ interpersonal skills and a reasonable level of numeracy equivalent to GCSE., LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare