Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Theatre Schedular

The closing date is 28 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 4 Theatre Schedular has arisen within the IMSK division (Trauma & Orthopaedics) at Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust.

The role will be working alongside the newly appointed Admissions Assistant Service Manager providing operational administration. The role is varied, challenging and with great opportunities to develop new skills, experience, and knowledge.

The ideal candidate must be proactive, work autonomously, yet work well within a large team environment. You must be able to problem solve and build strong working relationships with the Administration Team. A 'can-do' attitude and "thinking outside of the box" is a must. The ideal candidate must be willing to push themselves and take on new challenges. As this is a fast based role, the ability to adapt and be flexible is essential.

Main duties of the job

You will be the point of contact for patients awaiting surgery. You need to be able to stay calm under extreme pressure. Working in a medium sized team with many personalities. Gain a good understanding of the 18-week pathway all of which you will be fully trained. We also like candidates to be able to work using their own initiative as the Department is extremely busy. You must be a team player with the ability to juggle many requests at any one time. The candidate will be allocated their own Consultants. The candidate needs to be reliable, empathetic with an advanced level of computer skills and good time keeping.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
On-site Nurseries
On-site staff cafes
On-site parking
Support in career development
Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,860 to £31,671 a year pa, inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-AC5688-SK

Job locations

Ashford & St Peters Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please carefully read the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information about the role. This includes key areas of responsibility and required levels of experience, qualification and skills.

This role is a full time role (Monday to Friday) 37.5 hours per week. Start and finish times can be flexible, depending on the demands of the Department

For further information about this post, please contact Lynn Joyce (Lynn.joyce@nhs.net)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role is a full time role (Monday to Friday) 37.5 hours per week. Start and finish times can be flexible, depending on the demands of the Department

For further information about this post, please contact Lynn Joyce (Lynn.joyce@nhs.net)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience - Essential Experience of managing and organising own work load Experience within an environment undergoing change Working in a busy office environment and dealing with conflicting demands Good written and verbal communication skills Able to deal sensitively with all contacts and maintain confidentiality.

Desirable

Experience - Desirable An understanding of the present issues facing the NHS
Skills- Essential Must be able to demonstrate, in relation to patients, visitors, colleagues and other individuals connected with the trust and the NHS: You have knowledge and awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role Able to provide a customer focused service

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications - Essential A Level or equivalent experience or NVQ3 Administration English GSCE grade C or equivalent Qualifications - Desirable IT Qualifications

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience - Essential Experience of managing and organising own work load Experience within an environment undergoing change Working in a busy office environment and dealing with conflicting demands Good written and verbal communication skills Able to deal sensitively with all contacts and maintain confidentiality.

Desirable

Experience - Desirable An understanding of the present issues facing the NHS
Skills- Essential Must be able to demonstrate, in relation to patients, visitors, colleagues and other individuals connected with the trust and the NHS: You have knowledge and awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role Able to provide a customer focused service

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications - Essential A Level or equivalent experience or NVQ3 Administration English GSCE grade C or equivalent Qualifications - Desirable IT Qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford & St Peters Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford & St Peters Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)