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Job summary

Main area
Theatres
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: Shifts will include days, lates, nights and weekends
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (some weekend work)
Job ref
412-S&C-5913 & 5979
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Leighton Hospital - Theatres
Town
Crewe
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 pa, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/11/2024 08:00
Interview date
16/12/2024

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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Healthcare Assistant - Theatres - Leighton

Band 3

Job overview

If you are committed to high standard patient care and enjoy working in a friendly, highly motivated team then Theatres could be the right career destination for you.

We have a vacancy for a HCA to join our theatre teams. There will be a rotation to multiple specialities as part of a bespoke staff development programme.

The department has 8 ultra-modern theatres, including 2 Orthopaedic Barn style theatres and 2 integrated ‘Laparoscopic’ theatres.  We also have 4 day case theatres and a Surgical Admissions unit on site.

The Theatre Management team are passionate about providing support and cultivating a safe and friendly environment for both staff and patients. 

We work in teams by speciality including Breast/Gynaecology/Ophthalmology, General & Emergency Surgery, Urology and ENT, Anaesthetics, Recovery and Orthopaedics /Trauma. Each team has senior staff who support their team by providing duty rosters, annual leave allocation and training within the team.  This allows staff members a more personal working experience and helps improve job satisfaction.

Please note that recruitment for this role will follow the process below:

Monday 16th December - Assessment Centre and Interviews will be held at Infinity House (if you are shortlisted for this role) you will need to be available to attend in person on this date.  No remote/teams assessments or interviews will be available due to the face-to-face nature of the role.

Main duties of the job

HCAs carry out multiple duties in order to promote excellent patient care. Examples are ; patient support pre operatively, supporting scrub staff during surgical procedures, ensuring equipment and supplies are available for the operating list, transferring patients between locations and other duties to support the department.

Working for our organisation

MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  1. Participate in the delivery of patient care, following agreed plans, policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines, carrying out tasks and activities under the direction of a qualified practitioner

 

  1. Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met

 

  1. Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation

 

  1. Support patients undergoing local anaesthetic/sedation procedures and during induction of anaesthesia in conjunction with the qualified practitioner

 

  1. Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards

 

  1. Transfer patients to and from theatre to support the efficient use of theatre time

 

  1. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations

 

  1. Provide routine information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained

 

  1. Contribute to the recording and storing of information, ensuring it is securely held, accurate, complete and legible and can be retrieved promptly when required

Person specification

desirable

Desirable criteria
  • previous healthcare experience

desirable

Desirable criteria
  • prvious healthcare experience

desirable

Desirable criteria
  • evidence of desire to work in a Theatre setting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ian Woodall
Job title
Department Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01270 278128

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Recruitment Team
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone
01270 904488
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