Theatre Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

A Theatre Healthcare Assistant (HCA) plays an essential role in the smooth running of ophthalmic theatre and helps us to maintain our exceptional levels of care. Theatre HCA's assist the wider theatre team with the safe passage of patients through the surgical pathway.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Managing the relationship with the patient and the provision of appropriate information to them, ensuring that exceptional customer service is delivered.
• Working with other clinic staff, including clinicians to ensure optimal patient flow, including assisting them if required.

• To assist with the safe arrival, set up and dispatch to HSSD of surgical instruments, loan kits and equipment.
• To assist in the preparation of theatre equipment and instrumentation prior to a surgical list commencing.
• Assist the team in positioning patient for surgery and moving equipment.
• To assist the scrub nurse and surgeon in Theatre.
• To open up consumables required for surgical procedure using aseptic technique.
• Monitoring and recording base line clinical observations.
• To assist with ensuring that clinical waste collection runs smoothly, reporting any problems to the nurse in charge.
• Ensure sharps bin are secure and ready for collection.
• To assist in cleaning all equipment and storing same safely.
• Attend and participate in team meetings, briefing and debriefing as required.

Main duties of the job

Administration Responsibilities

• To actively participate in the implementation of the WHO Cataract checklist and biometry lens check.
• To assist with the administrative function of the surgical team including the accurate documentation of records.
• Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completed.
• Assist the theatre team to ensure the accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with the patient.
• To carryout theatre preparation of patient documentation.
• To complete outcoming and recording within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

Stock Control & Re-Supply Duties

• Assist in weekly/monthly stock checks, including checking expiry dates and re-stocking the clinical area.
• Check in stock deliveries.
• Be aware of stock levels and inform any shortages that will affect theatre to the service manager or nurse in charge.
• Record temperatures in all temperature-controlled areas including refrigerator.
• To fulfil any additional duties as reasonably requested when required.

About us

Who are we?

Newmedica are one of the leading providers of NHS ophthalmology services in England, providing outpatients appointments, diagnostic testing and eye surgery. We aim to change lives through better sight and eye health.

We care for more than 225,000 NHS and private patients a year in over 26 locations and we are growing.

What we are offering

• A salary of £21,569.60 - £22,672.00
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• A company pension scheme
• Access to a range of benefits including free eye tests, discounted or free glasses, a free 24/7 well-being/counselling/advice service and a retail/technology discount scheme
• Life assurance (on completion of one years' service)
• A local sickness policy where up to six weeks' full pay will be paid in a rolling period
• A bonus scheme
• An environment where your learning and development is supported through a range of various learning tools and courses
• Working with a friendly multi-disciplinary team, passionate about improving the lives of our patients