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Main area
Theatres
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent: You may be required to work late shifts, nights and weekends and take part in an on-call rota. You may also be required to work your contracted hours across 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays.
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
001-ACS146-0724
Employer
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
University Hospital of Wales
Town
Cardiff
Salary
£22,720 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2024 23:59

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Theatre Assistant - Trauma Theatres

Band 2

WHO WE ARE:

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health 
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.


Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic 
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these  challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in 
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the 
next decade and beyond. 

We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:

  • We are kind and caring
  • We are respectful
  • We have trust and integrity
  • We take personal responsibility 

As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.

We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today’s illnesses

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed


 

Job overview

We are looking for  Theatre assistants that will thrive in a fast-paced operating theatre environment. The successful candidates will be supporting all stages of the patients journey through theatre and will be an asset to supporting the theatre team.

Are you dedicated, work well within a multi-disciplinary team and want to enhance and learn new skills, if so then come join us?

Prior experience is not essential but a love for operating theatres is. All training will be provided. This role will provide the successful candidates with a work life balance as this theatre suite currently runs Monday to Friday and an on-call out of hours service.   

As a Theatre Assistant you will  provide assistance to all members of the Theatre team by supporting the registered staff in activities undertaken in the Operating Theatre environment.  As a Theatre Assistant you will contribute as part of the Operating Theatre team to deliver and maintain high standards of patient care and will maintain cleanliness inside the theatre operating suite and the ancillary areas.     

Main duties of the job

  • Collection and opening of instrument trays, packs etc.
  • Checking and dispensing of lotions.
  • Partaking in swab counts, checking, weighing and recording swabs, needles and instruments with the scrub practitioner.
  • Dispensing sterile gloves, tying gowns.
  • Assisting the scrub practitioner with collection, labelling, handling and dispatch of specimens for laboratory examination, including frozen sections.
  • Connecting diathermy and suction apparatus (and any other apparatus required in Theatres e.g. headlamps, power tools etc.)
  • Maintaining stock levels in the operating theatre, rotating stock and checking for out of date stock.
  • Ordering of certain disposable items. This may include specialised items (e.g. feeding tubes, drains etc.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services.   Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is  “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our  vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal.   As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing.    We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.   Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.    

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.    Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline.  Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff  and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of education, .e.g. NVQ 2, GCSE’s

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Previous healthcare experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills both verbal and written
  • Ability to work in a busy environment that requires physical and mental stamina
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of work in a hospital or other care setting but in-house training will be given
  • Welsh speaker

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Flexible and adaptable to change
  • Ability to get on with people and work as part of a team
  • Reliable
  • Conscientious and diligent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Karen Addis
Job title
Clinical Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02921 846042
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