Health Care Assistant Milton Keynes
Job description
Department: Theatres
Band: 2
Hours: 37.5 per week
We are recruiting for enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Assistants to join the MKUH Theatre team.
Here at (MKUH) we are a medium sized, level 2 trauma facility, comprising approximately 500 beds and 12 operating theatres across both elective and emergencies.
The role is to support the qualified staff in preparing equipment and the theatres to deliver safe standards of quality care for patients who require surgery. You will be supported whilst you are learning, and therefore a flexible approach is required.
You need to be kind and compassionate and be a team player who learns to anticipate and be ready to work in a busy department.
If you believe you have these qualities, we would like to hear from you.
Please note that this post is subject to an initial probationary period of six months, extendable up to a period of 12 months.
A DBS check will be required for new employees. MKUH promotes an inclusive workforce and proactively welcomes applications from underrepresented groups in our community.
Interviews to be held week commencing 03 April 2023.
The theatres at MKGH are split into 2 suites with a total of 12 operating theatres, and a procedure room suite which undertake both elective and emergency work. The role of the HCA is to assist the theatre team in the delivery of safe and effective care to the patient.
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Free on-site parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Discounted gym membership
- Lease car scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- On site nursery (chargeable)
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme
The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
- Organise own workload to prepare an operating theatre or procedure room for an operating list, checking equipment and instruments as appropriate.
- Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team receiving and conveying complex and sensitive information.
- Be a safe and effective member of the theatre team during a list.
- Be able to begin to anticipate and have some solutions to solve problems as they occur.
- Be able to manage specimens in a list in an appropriate manner. and to have a knowledge of the Health & Safety at work Act, and its implications for themselves and others.
- Complete all appropriate nursing documentation as directed by the trained staff including inputting data onto eCARE system
- Be willing to work in all areas of the theatre department including the procedure rooms as deemed necessary and appropriate.
- Ensure patients are transferred safely from ward to the theatre suite, maintaining their comfort and dignity at all times.
