
Theatre Support Worker London, England
Job description
Join #TeamLNWH in the £9 million, brand new, state of the art North West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre.
Based at Central Middlesex Hospital in Brent, the elective orthopaedic centre will see over 4,000 Londoners a year for routine bone and joint surgery when it opens in November 2023.
We’re looking for a permanent, highly motivated and reliable team player to support our surgical team to care for our patients in operating theatres .
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Assisting the surgical team to provide high quality and safe patient care
- Supporting the surgical team in the preparation of sterile and non- sterile equipment.
- Prepare theatre prior to commencing and closing of an operating list
- Participate in circulation duties, commensurate with banding
- Maintaining a clean and tidy environment throughout theatres to comply with Infection Prevention Requirements
- Maintaining consumable stock levels in theatres as well as in storage areas.
- Support out of hour surgery as a member of the Theatre team, rotating to weekends and on call duties
And because you’ll be a part of TeamLNWH, you’ll have access to plenty of great benefits too, including fitness classes, our employee assistance programme, and some massive discounts from popular brands.
Key Responsibility
- Demonstration Trust HEART value at all time
- Works under the direction and supervision of a registered practitioner to deliver planned care.
- Assists in the collection of patients from the ward and receipt into theatres
- Undertakes circulating role in theatres undertaking swab and instruments counts with a registered practitioner as per policy and scope of role
- Assisting in transferring patients intraoperatively with prospectively prepared appropriate equipment/table attachments.
- Participate in cleaning and disposal of waste in accordance with theatre and trust policy.
- Ensure patient trolleys/ beds are cleaned, prepared and in working order.
- Assists the Loan and Instrument coordinator to resource loan kit
- Escalates supply chain issues to the loan coordinator and theatre team
- Assist with management of loan instruments from arrival on site through initial sterilisation, subsequent decontamination and return to company
- Escalate estate issues and report to helpdesk for repair.
- Contribute to accurate documentation by input data on Theatre Information Management System as appropriate to role.