Theatre Support Worker | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London is seeking a Theatre Support Worker to assist the surgical team in providing quality and safe patient care. Responsibilities include preparing equipment, maintaining cleanliness in theatres, and supporting the surgical team. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and a Care Certificate in Perioperative care. This role offers flexible working arrangements to accommodate various needs.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates good command of English.
• Completes a Care Certificate qualification in Perioperative care.
• Assists in patient receiving and checking instruments.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the surgical team to provide a quality service.
• Supporting the surgical team in preparation of equipment.
• Maintaining a clean and tidy environment throughout theatres.

Skills

Good verbal and written command of English

Excellent communication/interpersonal skills

Reasonable level of numeracy equivalent to GCSE

Ability to work under supervision

Infection control standards awareness

Education

Care Certificate qualification in Perioperative care

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Theatre Support Worker to join the team working in theatres.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications and Requirements

• 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.
• There will be an expectation that you complete a Care Certificate qualification in Perioperative care.
• Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, participates in the delivery of planned programs of care.
• Assisting in the receiving of patients.
• Assists in the collection of patients from the ward.
• Assists with the checking and preparation of instruments and equipment.
• Unpacks and records arrival of equipment.
• Supplying the surgical team with items as instructed.
• Assisting the scrub team in gowning and gloving.
• Counts swabs with a registered nurse.
• Assisting in correctly dispatching specimens as instructed.
• Be aware of competence and ask for assistance as required.
• Respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

About the Trust

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.

Working with Us

To find out more about our Trust, view our video: we are London North West University Healthcare. 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.

Note

As above requirements in main duties of job and as follows: Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, participates in the delivery of planned programs of care; assisting in the receiving of patients; assists in the collection of patients from the ward; assists with the checking and preparation of instruments and equipment; unpacks and records arrival of equipment; supplying the surgical team with items as instructed; assisting the scrub team in gowning and gloving; counts swabs with a registered nurse; assisting in correctly dispatching specimens as instructed; be aware of competence and ask for assistance as required; respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025.