Senior Theatre Assistant - Ophthalmology

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 May 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Theatre Assistant to join our Ophthalmology Department.

We are committed to providing an excellent quality of care for our patients and a great working environment for our staff.

If you are an experienced Theatre Support Worker and are passionate about delivering high-quality patient focused care, then this could be the perfect role for you.

Main duties of the job

You will provide support and assistance within the operating department teams.

You will contribute to the support and care of patients under the direction of registered members of the clinical team.

It is a direct patient focus role, where you will collect patients for theatre and assist the registered staff to prepare the patient for their surgery.

You will support in theatre to providing care to patients and support the scrub practitioner to have the necessary equipment need for surgery.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR112-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a health setting
Ability to show professionalism
Basic IT skills

Desirable

Experience within an acute setting
Theatre experience

Qualifications

Essential

Care certificate achieved.
Evidence of completed competencies as part of a professional portfolio.
NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Desirable

Evidence of functional skills or willingness to undertake.
Willingness to undertake further study

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patient's relatives and carers.
Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations

Desirable

Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling.

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication skills
Ability to work as part of team and take instruction from senior staff.
Ability to display a mature reaction when working in stressful situations.

Desirable

Ability to support junior staff members

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience in a health setting
Ability to show professionalism
Basic IT skills

Desirable

Experience within an acute setting
Theatre experience

Qualifications

Essential

Care certificate achieved.
Evidence of completed competencies as part of a professional portfolio.
NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Desirable

Evidence of functional skills or willingness to undertake.
Willingness to undertake further study

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patient's relatives and carers.
Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations

Desirable

Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling.

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication skills
Ability to work as part of team and take instruction from senior staff.
Ability to display a mature reaction when working in stressful situations.

Desirable

Ability to support junior staff members

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.