Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-25-6962295S
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leigh Infirmary
- Town
- Leigh
- Salary
- £23,615 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
The post is based at Leigh infirmary within the day case unit however the successful candidate will be required to rotate across the theatre complexes so it will involve some internal rotation and the shifts will be initially weekday and upon completion of an in house training programme the person would be expected to work weekends and night shifts as part of their rota. It is a full time role (37.5 hours) Monday to Sunday and an Enhanced DBS with Children's & Adults' Barred List check will be required.
This post involves contact with patients and families face to face. Therefore it cannot be ruled out that the postholder may come in to contact with people who have COVID-19, although the Trust provides PPE and takes all reasonable steps to minimise risk.
Candidates will be expected to produce original certificates for qualifications at interview stage as per essential criteria on the person specification.
Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the specified closing date if a high level of applications are received.
Previous applicants need not apply unless they can demonstrate significant improvement
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to work within all areas of the operating theatre, these areas include escorting patients to and from theatre, assisting the theatre team during the operative period, cleaning and preparing theatre for the smooth progression of the operative list and finally working in the receipt and dispatch area accepting, processing and using stock rotation techniques to maintain stock levels.
Working for our organisation
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Choose Well – Choose WWL Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values. WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Arrange for the transport and disposal of clinical, domestic, sensitive and confidential waste in accordance to Trust Policy.
- Assist with the preparation, identification, recording and dispatch of specimens from the theatre unit.
- Assist with the collection of blood and blood products.
- To participate in the management of supplies ensuring the theatre unit has sufficient levels of all essential supplies to meet the service demands.
- Receive and dispatch sterile supplies ensuring HSDU/CSSD schedules are completed.
- Ensure that the pharmacy stock items including controlled drugs are received and stored in accordance with COSHH and Trust guidance; any in balance in stock is reported and addressed.
- Maintain the cleaning/decontamination and checking of all patient trolley’s including the additional oxygen and suction apparatus.
- Manage and maintain the stock of medical gas cylinders.
- Ensure that essential equipment is decontaminated and sterilised in line with Trust policy reporting any defects to the person in charge of the department at the time.
- Transferring patients to and from theatre
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of basic level qualifications in Maths and English or able to demonstrate equivalent experience in similar role
Desirable criteria
- Experience in documenting in patients records.
- NVQ Level II.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Team working
- Experience of working in a patient care environment or hospital setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrate self motivational skills
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of individualized patient care delivery
Additional
Essential criteria
- Flexibility/Adaptability
- Internal rotation
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary and without hesitation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Geoff Conway
- Job title
- Senior Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01942 264254
- Additional information
Geoff Conway
Senior Team Leader
Theatres
01942 264254
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