East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Clinical Support Worker - Theatres

The closing date is 07 December 2025

Job summary

We are recruiting for Clinical Support Workers - Theatres who shareour vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You must be 18+ to undertake this post.

You will work alongside Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners, get Theatre ready, making sure the correct equipment is available while maintaining a sterile environment. You will assist the registered practitioner, ensuring excellent patient care is given, that align with our trust values.

This role could see you work in any of the Theatre areas, both at the Lister or QE2. You would help in setting up your allocated Theatre, making sure all the equipment needed for the day is ready and available.

You will also be trained in the Pre-Op area, where you will take basic patient observations, and stay with them until they are called to Theatre.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in a virtual information and guidance session on Wednesday 17th December 2025.

This sessions will be conducted at 12:00pm & 4.30pm. We look forward to engaging with as many candidates as possible. The session will provide comprehensive details regarding the role, offer interview advice, outline the assessment day, and explain the overall recruitment process.

The Maths and English will take place on Friday 19th December 2025. The assessment day is in person only.

To find out further details about the role please visit our Trust Clinical Support worker page -https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/careers/roles-professions/clinical-support-workers/

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

01 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-CSW-7591950

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed informationregardingthis role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed informationregardingthis role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • GCSEs (or equivalent qualification or standard) in English and Math

Desirable

  • Care Certificate
  • Health and Social Care Level 2

Previous Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of healthcare or care work
  • Experience of working with the general public or a range of different people

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively people with varying levels of understanding
  • Evidence of being self-motivated
  • Evidence of working effectively as part of a team
  • Basic IT skills - ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to work in a busy, sometimes pressurized environment
  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Ability to use judgement on when to escalate issues and problems

Desirable

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to use them to communicate effectively with patients within a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of clinical setting and clinical care

Desirable

  • Knowledge of a range of clinical procedures
Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • GCSEs (or equivalent qualification or standard) in English and Math

Desirable

  • Care Certificate
  • Health and Social Care Level 2

Previous Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of healthcare or care work
  • Experience of working with the general public or a range of different people

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively people with varying levels of understanding
  • Evidence of being self-motivated
  • Evidence of working effectively as part of a team
  • Basic IT skills - ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to work in a busy, sometimes pressurized environment
  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Ability to use judgement on when to escalate issues and problems

Desirable

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to use them to communicate effectively with patients within a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of clinical setting and clinical care

Desirable

  • Knowledge of a range of clinical procedures

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

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Theatre Education Lead.

Lesley Lowing

lesleylowing@nhs.net

01438285781

Details

Date posted

01 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-CSW-7591950

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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