Job Description
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Theatre Assistant to join our team in Recovery. This post is full time - 37.5 hours per week, however we would accept a minimum of 30 hours per week.
You will be working as part of the multi-disciplinary team and promoting good interpersonal behaviour to others in the team.
You will be encouraged to develop both your career and the service within our positive environment and well established dedicated training and development framework.
Applicants will be expected to undertake internal rotation.
You should:
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be computer literate
- Be able to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Have good organisational skills
- Be flexible
- Previous experience desirable but not essential
- Transfer patients from one location to another throughout the hospital environment, including between: ward and theatre, theatre and recovery, recovery ward. This includes pushing occupied beds.
- Accurately record relevant patient information, including inputting on computer databases
- Provide patient reassurance, information and support sensitive to their needs
- Prepare and check equipment – beds, transfer device (Bed Pusher).
- Move and position patients following instructions from person responsible for the move
- All actions are coordinated and communicated effectively with others involved with the move
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
- To contribute in supporting nursing staff in the care of patients under the direction of registered members of the clinical team
- To provide support and assistance within the Recovery teams.
- Assist in supplying and maintaining materials and equipment
- Undertake direct patient care
- Undertake the theatre recovery competency pack
- Undertake extended role e.g. blood gasses, BM recording, Collection of Blood and recording of products, collection and recording of specimens
- Input data on theatre systems
- Monitor, maintain and record stock levels as directed by the Team Leader
- Accurately report any deficiencies in stock or faults with equipment
- Using correct techniques following risk assessment transfer materials and equipment as requested
- Take key responsibility for specific equipment or stock as requested
- Receive handle and dispatch clinical specimens
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.