Theatre Support Worker - BGH | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Burnley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 3 Theatre Support Worker to join the Theatre department at Burnley General Hospital. The role involves assisting with patient transfer, basic nursing care, and maintaining a safe, clean surgical environment across sites.

You will rotate through clinical services, work with nurses and theatre staff, and travel to Royal Blackburn Hospital as needed. Excellent communication and teamwork are essential for delivering compassionate patient care

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Flexible, motivated and committed to high standards of patient care.
• Willingness to work across sites and rotate through clinical services.

Responsibilities

• Check, clean and prepare transfer trolleys for procedures.
• Maintain safe environment, protect patient privacy and dignity.
• Transfer patients between clinical areas and report issues promptly.
• Receive patients, verify details and prepare the clinical area for procedures.
• Support safe moving, handling and positioning of patients.
• Act as circulating person to support the surgical team.
• Maintain stock levels and report discrepancies.
• Document care plans and records per Trust policy.
• Refer concerns about patient safety or safeguarding to senior staff.
• Work across Burnley General and Royal Blackburn Hospital as needed.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient care

Job description

Theatre Support Worker - BGH | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidates to apply for the role as Band 3 Theatre Support Worker within the Theatre department at the Burnely General hospital. The Theatre department comprises of 17 operating Theatres that operate on a wide range of patients’ covering the following surgical specialities: Orthopaedics and Trauma, General Surgery, Vascular, HPB, Urology, ENT, Max-Facs. East Lancashire Hospital's NHS Trust also specialises in robotic surgery and training opportunities within this field across both sites.

The main duties of the job are explained fully in the job description. These involve:

1. Checking, cleaning and preparing all transfer trolleys
2. Establishing a safe working environment for patient and staff and ensure that patient privacy and dignity are not compromised.
3. To transfer patients to and from all clinical areas, report any problems or issues regarding the patient to the relevant staff.
4. Receiving patients in the reception area, checking patients details prior to the procedures.
5. Preparation of the clinical area prior to a procedure
6. Safe moving and handling and positioning of patients.
7. Act as circulating person according to own competencies to supporting the team during surgical procedures.
8. Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained e.g of linen and clinical equipment and report any discrepancies to the staff in charge.
9. Maintain appropriate department documentation – eg theatreman, care plans and electronic records in line with Trust Policy.
10. Refer any untoward incidents to the senior person on duty via IR1 reporting system.
11. Ensure all patient property is returned/transferred to the appropriate ward area.
12. Report any concerns regarding patient safety, complaints or safeguarding issues immediately to a senior member of staff.

To carryout basic observational monitoring, documenting accurately in the patients care pathway and reporting to the qualified staff

Your work base will be the Burnley General site, you will also be required to travel and work at the Royal Blackburn Hospital as and when the need of the service requires.

We are looking to recruit candidates, who are dynamic, dedicated and committed. We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals to join our team of highly dedicated, trained nurses, operating department practitioners, and theatre support workers here in Theatres.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, be well motivated, flexible, enthusiastic, and work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Opportunities to further your knowledge and skills and develop further within a career within the NHS are available.

You will be required to work on your own initiative, and work independently. As part of the role, you will be working with vulnerable patients and must maintain professionalism and confidentiality at all times. You will be required to work in accordance to Trust policy at all times and maintain mandatory training compliance.

Our behaviour framework

We’re looking for people who want to make a positive difference. You’ll make it happen by taking responsibility, building trust and respect and working together to deliver excellence to our service users. Where we can, we also like to keep things simple so that we all contribute to making ELHT an effective, positive and rewarding place to work.

To assist the clinical team to provide a high standard of patient care in accordance with the 12 Fundamental Standard of care, and the 6 c’s, Trust Policy, through the provision of basic nursing care.

To rotate through all clinical services

To support the trust culture of flexible cross team working and the commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes, which support the trust policies on health care.

Ensure patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by treating patients and colleagues with respect, dignity and courtesy in accordance with our trust values of safe, personal and effective.

Ability to demonstrate the Trust Values, Behaviours and Attitudes at all times.

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026