Theatre Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Theatre Healthcare Assistant Band 2 - 37.5 hours per week (full-time)

We are recruiting for Theatre Healthcare Assistant for the Croydon Hospital Elective/Emergency Surgical Centre,(Theatre departments).

The role will involve assisting the team of registered and non-registered Theatre Practitioners in the care of patients, which involves working both in Croydon Elective Centre and Emergency Surgical Centre of the operating theatres, as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidates will contribute to creating a safe, clean and welcoming environment for all patients

Please note: Work flexibility in a challenging environment is required, as you will be part of the 24-hour cover for theatres, which includes weekends, bank holidays, and nights.

If you are motivated and have some experience in working with people, then we would love to hear from you!

Apply now to find out if you are the right person for these exciting opportunity.

Main duties of the job

The duties of Theatre Healthcare Assistant is working in a busy environment are:

• Assisting the surgical team of Practitioners in transferring of patients using Manual Handling technique Circulating for surgical procedures .
• Dealing with specimens for the laboratory.
• Escorting patients to the theatre unit prior to surgery if no ODO are available.
• Escorting patient who had local procedure to the discharge lounge and handover patient to discharge nursing team by giving them detail of patient procedure.
• Cleaning the theatre environment after patient surgical procedures
• Rotating to the Emergency Surgical Centre, taking urgent specimens to the laboratory
• Checking the Sluice rooms daily
• Restocking theatres with disposable items on gratnell trolley daily .
• Escorting patients from Theatre Admission Lounge to theatre for surgical procedures
• Supporting the theatre practitioner in positioning patients on operating table, opening sterile instrument trays for the scrub nurse.
• Clearing and cleaning the theatre equipment after each patient surgical procedure .
• Support the theatre team in collecting surgical sterile instruments for the next day .

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.