Theatre Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Colchester CO JL, United Kingdom Colchester General Hospital Full time £36,275 - £40,700 per year

Are you passionate about patient care and looking to start or develop your career in healthcare? We are recruiting Theatre Support Worker at Bands 2 & 3, offering fantastic opportunities for career progression.

Our recruitment approach focuses on supporting your professional growth through Apprenticeship programmes that develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed to deliver high-quality patient care.

We welcome applications from individuals with or without prior healthcare experience who are eager to build a career in the NHS.

Our assessment day is designed to establish your skills and experience, and to signpost you to the right pathway. If successful you will be offered one of the following pathways:

Recruitment to band 3 for those with relevant previous experience and/or qualifications, and the opportunity to complete a level 3 apprenticeship

Recruitment to band 2 to upskill you into clinical care, and the opportunity to complete either a level 3 apprenticeship, or join our level 2.

Applicants must be able to meet & provide the following:

Attend an Assessment Day at Ipswich - 6th January (location TBC)

Have residency status that allows you to work. Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for these roles.

Meet pre employment requirements including ability to provide references to cover the last three years/satisfactory DBS check & Occupational Health requirement

As you will be working shifts including nights you must be 18 or older at commencement

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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