Theatre Support Worker

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

The closing date is 06 May 2024

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Theatre Support Worker to our multi-disciplinary team who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place ".

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and highly motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our team.

We are looking for individuals with excellent interpersonal skills who can demonstrate their ability to work closely within the team to ensure a high standard of care is delivered to every patient in our departments.

You may be an experienced Healthcare Assistant seeking a new challenge and wanting to seek professional development within the theatre departments.

We pride ourselves in delivering high quality care whilst working to the increased demands of our departments and Business Unit.

As a Healthcare Assistant within the theatre environment your responsibilities will include self-motivation; taking part in clinical audit; the safe passage of patients through theatres; listening to the concerns and anxieties of the patients and escalating to the appropriate person in your department; maintaining education and acting as a role model to others.

The department focuses on theatre activity and works with the whole hospital team to ensure patient care and safety is always maintained.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a Healthcare Assistant who is adaptable to the demands of our busy department and able to work flexibly to cover a full range of duties including on-call, evenings, and weekends.

The successful applicant will be motivated and keen to share learning with the team and always deliver excellent patient care.

You will be encouraged to develop your skills and we will ensure you undertake professional development.

The successful applicant will mainly be based with the Main theatres team, although flexibility across all theatres will be required, and will be rostered to work as part of the theatre on-call rota.

This post offers many opportunities through on-going education and development that is supported by our own Practice Development Lead.

If you believe you have the skills and knowledge to take this role within a multidisciplinary theatre team, and have the ability to work using your own initiative and are passionate about patient safety and quality of care we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information please contact:

Wendy Storey (Sister) wendy.storey2@nhs.net

Sarah Insley ( Matron ) sarah.insley1@nhs.net

Bethanie William (Practice Development Lead) bethanie.william@nhs.net (01983) 822099 ext 4737

About us

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health, and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an on-site day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.

Date posted

23 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

470-24-0001-SB

Job locations

Isle of Wight NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

PO30 5TG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the person specific document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criterias are used by the hiring managers as guidance during short listing.

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge

Essential

Good Basic Education
Basic IT skills

Desirable

NVQ 2

Physical Skills

Essential

Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients

Desirable

Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling

Aptitudes

Essential

Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations
Good time management skills.
Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure Able to work as part of a team.
Act in ways that support equality and diversity.

Desirable

Support equality and value diversity.

Abilities

Essential

Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
Ability to adapt to change within working situation
Previous care experience desirable, but not essential
Able to be flexible in relation to service demands

Communication Skills

Essential

Communicates with a limited range of people on day-to-day matters

Desirable

Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters Able to reflect on and address; barriers to communication; provide feedback to others on their communication at appropriate times; keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with guidelines, policies and procedures, having received the appropriate training

Person Specification

Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge

Essential

Good Basic Education
Basic IT skills

Desirable

NVQ 2

Physical Skills

Essential

Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients

Desirable

Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling

Aptitudes

Essential

Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations
Good time management skills.
Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure Able to work as part of a team.
Act in ways that support equality and diversity.

Desirable

Support equality and value diversity.

Abilities

Essential

Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
Ability to adapt to change within working situation
Previous care experience desirable, but not essential
Able to be flexible in relation to service demands

Communication Skills

Essential

Communicates with a limited range of people on day-to-day matters

Desirable

Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters Able to reflect on and address; barriers to communication; provide feedback to others on their communication at appropriate times; keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with guidelines, policies and procedures, having received the appropriate training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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