Operating Theatre Clerk

Job summary

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/new-nhs-day-case-unit-at-st-lukes-hospital-will-increase-operations-in-bradford-by-over-5000-a-year/

In April 2024, a brand new state-of-the-art day Case unit will open at St Luke's Hospital in Bradford and will solely deliver planned surgery to help reduce the backlog of patients waiting for surgery. This £18 million investment is planned to deliver up to 5,760 day case operations a year. This will help tackle local health inequalities whilst promoting the best outcomes for patients and providing new employment opportunities for local people.

Located on the existing St Luke's site the unit will bring together the skills and expertise of staff under one roof - reducing waiting times for some of the most common procedures. It will focus on providing high volume, low complexity surgery including trauma and orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, plastic surgery, and colorectal surgery.

The day Case unit will be made up of 2 theatres running 6 days a week in a facility where operations can be performed quickly and effectively in one place, improving quality and efficiency, meaning patients have shorter waits for surgery and will go home on the same day.

If you are interested in being part of this new and exciting development and want to help us deliver our vision of providing outstanding care for our communities across Bradford in a modern patient care environment, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the Operating Theatre Clerk is to provide a reception service to the department and clerical support to the Clinical and Theatre Management Teams.

The Operating Theatre Clerk will support one Operating Theatre Suite, but in order to meet the needs of the service could be asked to work in any of the other Theatre areas.

For further details please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We are looking to recruit to a variety of roles, including Nurses and HCAs for the day case areas to support patients from admission, recovery and discharge as well as Nursing, HCA and ODP roles for our theatres to support the surgical and anaesthetic teams across scrub, anaesthetics and recovery areas.

We are promoting flexible working for all roles to enable our staff to unlock their full potential and support us to build a successful team as we aspire to provide opportunities to develop skills across all aspects of the day Case unit.

In addition, there are other employment opportunities available including support roles ranging from housekeeping, stores management, data clerks and ward clerks/reception staff.

We offer supported training packages in all areas so if you are interested, please contact the following people listed below for further information.

We very much look forward to welcoming you into our team and helping you to reach your full potential in a supportive and caring environment through our values; We Care, We Value, We are One team.

Marianne.downey@bthft.nhs.uk , carol.margerison@bthft.nhs.uk , emma.little@bthft.nhs.uk