Theatre Orderly

Colchester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our caring, supportive, and compassionate theatre teams as a Theatre Orderly. This is an amazing opportunity to support patients through their theatre journey; working within the theatre teams to ensure the patient experience is positive, safe, quality focused and individualised.

At Colchester we have 10 In Patient Theatres operating from 2 theatre suites; one focusing on Elective Orthopaedic, Urology & Gynecological specialties & the other on Emergency, Laparoscopic & ENT surgery. In Patient theatres support a 24hours a day, 7 days a week activity profile.

In this post you will support the theatre staff in making the theatres safe, run efficiently and a pleasant environment for our patients and staff.

We are committed to developing our staff and this exciting position offers opportunity for ongoing professional development.

Please note you maybe required to undertake a Numeracy & Literacy test as part of the pre employment checks.
- Assisting the qualified staff within the department, preparing, cleaning and maintaining theatres, lay up rooms, scrub rooms and sluices for lists and emergencies
- Disposal of soiled linen and rubbish
- Cleaning theatres and associated equipment, furniture and items.
- Transporting patients to and from theatres, including transferring and positioning of the patients
- When required receive and take telephone calls and pass on messages to appropriate personnel
- Collection of Theatre equipment from wards / departments
- Transfer specimens to Pathology and collection of blood from blood banks
- Preparation of an area for deceased patients
- Assisting with the general stocking of the theatre area.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
- Assisting the qualified staff within the department, preparing, cleaning and maintaining theatres, lay up rooms, scrub rooms and sluices for lists and emergencies
- Disposal of soiled linen and rubbish
- Cleaning theatres and associated equipment, furniture and items.
- Transporting patients to and from theatres, including transferring and positioning of the patients
- When required receive and take telephone calls and pass on messages to appropriate personnel
- Collection of Theatre equipment from wards / departments
- Transfer specimens to Pathology and collection of blood from blood banks
- Preparation of an area for deceased patients
- Assisting with the general stocking of the theatre area.

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