Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 225-DIV1-7392393
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newcross Hospital
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/09/2025
Employer heading

Theatre Support Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
We currently have vacancies for Theatre Support Assistants within our Operating Theatres at Newcross Hospital in Head and Neck Theatres. It is essential that the right candidate should be a team player with excellent communication skills and a desire to deliver high quality care to our patients. Successful candidates will also be required to have a flexible approach to working patterns.
Main duties of the job
To assist with care of patients under the appropriate supervision from the registered theatre practitioners and to keep the clinical environment tidy and well maintained.
To provide support to the Theatre Team, which will contribute positively to the continuing development of the clinical environment.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details regarding job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description and person specification.
Please only apply if you have the required visa and right to work in the UK.
Person specification
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous theatre experience
- Previous experience in care
Care Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Obtained Recognised Care qualification
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
- Charlotte Armstrong
- Job title
- Head and Neck Theatre Specialty Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- Ext: 82560
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Building 12
New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton Road
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
- Telephone
- 01902 481900
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