Job summary
Employer heading
Theatre Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
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) [email protected]
Sarah Insley ( Matron ) [email protected]
Bethanie William (Practice Development Lead) [email protected] (01983) 822099 ext 4737
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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 criteria’s 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.
Person specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good Basic Education
- Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 2
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients
Desirable criteria
- Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Support equality and value diversity.
Abilities
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Communicates with a limited range of people on day-to-day matters
Desirable criteria
- 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
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beth William
- Job title
- Training and Development Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01983 524081
- Additional information
Ext 4737
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