Theatre Support Worker
7 months ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Theatres at Maidstone Hospital for a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated individual to work within our elective Theatre Department as a Theatre Support Worker You must possess good communication skills and be self-motivated. You will be required to take part in on-calls and late shifts.
**We comprise 11 theatres covering a wide range of specialities**: Orthopaedics, Gynae-oncology, Gynaecology, Upper GI, Urology, Breast, Chronic Pain, Brachy Theatres, Ophthalmic and Day case ENT. You will be required to undertake a variety of tasks to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide a consistent and high standard of patient care.
The main duties and responsibilities include,
Help to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of staff, patients and visitors, and to protect the patient's Privacy and dignity
Be aware of legislation and policies governing theatre practice, particularly in terms of universal precautions
Preparation of theatres for surgery
Cleaning of theatre and recovery areas before and after operating sessions, also adhering to the weekly cleaning schedule
Restocking of cupboards and stock containers against agreed stock levels.
Collect and escort the patient, and assist with transferring the patient from the trolley to the table under the supervision of trained staff.
Assist with the safe positioning of the patient on the operating table.
Act as a circulating person for the scrub team and within the scope of the role.
Assist with the care, labelling and transportation of specimens, and the collection of blood from the Blood Bank as required.
Keep and maintain appropriate records according to local policy, including the use of trusted IT systems
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
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