Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8866SM
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,176 - £30,225 pa Inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Support Worker
Band 3
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Theatre Support Worker to join the team working in theatres.
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Assisting the surgical team to provide a quality service.
- Assisting the surgical team to deliver safe patient care
- Supporting the surgical team in the preparation of sterile and non- sterile equipment.
- Maintaining a clean and tidy environment throughout theatres.
- Maintaining a good stock levels
- As part of the nights and weekends CEPOD team
Previously applying candidates do not need to apply.
Main duties of the job
- Works as part of the team to maintain good working relationships.
- Communicates well both verbal and written.
- Is able to work under supervision.
- Able to provide and receive routine information.
- Provides information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
- Reports any concern regarding patient care.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Supervised by the trained nurse, records care.
- Able to make sure infection control standards are maintained by all members of the MDT
- Able to maintain Theatres clean and tidy all the times
- Join weekend and night rotation after competence training.
You must also demonstrate a good verbal and written command of English, along with excellent communication/ interpersonal skills and a reasonable level of numeracy equivalent to GCSE.
There will be an expectation that you complete a Care Certificate qualification in Perioperative care.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As above requirements in main duties of job and as follows:
- Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, participates in the delivery of planned programs of care.
- Assisting in the receiving of patients.
- Assists in the collection of patients from the ward.
- Assists with the checking and preparation of instruments and equipment.
- Unpacks and records arrival of equipment.
- Supplying the surgical team with items as instructed.
- Assisting the scrub team in gowning and gloving.
- Counts swabs with a registered nurse
- Assisting in correctly dispatching specimens as instructed.
- Be aware of competence and ask for assistance as required.
Respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Basic education maths/english
Experience
Desirable criteria
- previous health care experience in hospital setting
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- pleasant personality / willingness to learn and reliabililty
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
- Rita Hegedus
- Job title
- Clinical Theatre manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07775994762
- Additional information
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