Theatre Support Worker

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

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Unit 4 theatres. We are looking to recruit a Band 3 Theatre Support Worker to join our friendly team, based on the Broadgreen 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 recovery unit with appropriate handovers, monitoring patients condition and seeking advice where there is cause for concern.

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

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the delivery of high-quality care
• To assist in the delivery of safe standards of practice
• To assist in the theatre team in meeting service and performance targets, and the effective use of theatre resources.

It is recognised that on agreement at formal appraisal on annual basis there may be a decision to concentrate on certain aspects of this 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.

UHLG 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

• To 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, such as; diathermy machines, suction and endoscopic stacks
• Act as the secondary checker when counting swabs, needles, instruments and sterile fluids with a registered member of staff, ensuring any discrepancies are communicated with the theatre team.
• Circulate for surgical procedures ensuring sterility is maintained, and instrumentation, equipment and sundries are available as required by the registered practitioner
• 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in care or care related subject
• Level 3 in direct care

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of Essence of Care benchmarking

Desirable

• Basic IT skills

Other

Essential

• Reputation for high standard of patient care
• Supportive of colleagues and patients

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills

Desirable

• Basic IT skills

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.

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