Theatre Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

• Support qualified staff in delivering high-quality patient care and maintaining a safe, effective environment, working under their guidance and supervision.

• Assist qualified staff in providing high-quality care, treatments, and procedures to patients.

• Participate as a team member in various clinical and non-clinical tasks within the theatre support role.

• Guide and support less experienced support workers, students, and newly qualified theatre staff within the scope of the Theatre Support Worker role.

Key Duties:

• Complete required documentation, including theatre records, cleaning logs, and specimen records.

• Prepare patients and the operating environment for clinical activities under professional direction.

• Facilitate communication with patients, relatives, colleagues, and visitors.

• Assist with patient transfers, ensuring safety, dignity, and comfort.

• Monitor and report patient conditions to the appropriate team members.

• Support stock rotation, equipment care, and efficient resource use.

• Assist with applying tourniquets, diathermy ground plates, and other equipment.

• Respond promptly to clinical emergencies as directed.

• Maintain a clean and safe clinical environment, adhering to infection control protocols.

• Dispose of waste following trust policies and report faults to the team leader.

• Greet and direct visitors, answer bleeps, and answer telephone calls professionally.

• Participate in meetings, training, and development activities.

• Report incidents, accidents, or complaints to the manager and via the Datix system.

• Adhere to all trust policies to ensure a safe and effective work environment.

General duties:

• Follow IT policies regarding email and internet usage.

• Take responsibility for personal health and safety and that of others.

• Participate in appraisals, training, and personal development activities.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of services and team performance.

• Engage in learning from incidents, complaints, and successes to enhance care quality.

Person Specification

Skills, Knowledge

Essential

• Good verbal, literacy and communication skills
• Ability to maintain accurate and legible records
• Computer literate (use of IT software packages e.g. Word, Email)

Desirable

• Understanding of manual handling practices and policies
• Awareness of Health and Safety

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with a team
• Effective communication skills written and verbal
• Self-confidence with an approachable persona
• Self-awareness in assessing own knowledge, competence and boundaries

Desirable

• Ability to identify own personal development needs
• Ability to adapt to new situations

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• Enhanced disclosure clearance
• Excellent attendance and time keeping
• Willing to work across hospital sites within scope of practice as and when required
• Able to work and cope with rotating shift patterns - early, late, night shifts over seven days of the week and on-call as necessary

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a patient care setting or customer-facing environment
• Experience of working as part of a team

Desirable

• Experience of shift working
• Experience of working within the peri-operative setting

Qualifications

Essential

• Basic standard of education including Maths and English Grade C GCSE or equivalent or willingness to complete Functional Skills Level 2 on appointment
• Willingness to complete The Care Certificate for healthcare workers

Desirable

• Completed National Care Certificate for healthcare workers

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

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

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