Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2/3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 394-TSWHH-140624-A
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hillingdon Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £26,696 - £28,649 per annum/incl HCAA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 2/3
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Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Theatre Support Worker band 2/3 (on completion of cares certificate) to join our theatres team to work at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust.
The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, cost effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers. They will be expected to function clinically within the Theatres Department and other associated areas as required. They will also be actively involved in providing supervision and guidance to junior or less experience health care support assistant and care support workers.
Main duties of the job
he post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, cost effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers. They will be expected to function clinically within the Theatres Department and other associated areas as required. They will also be actively involved in providing supervision and guidance to junior or less experience health care support assistant and care support workers.
The Theatre Support Workers (TSW) will perform circulating duties for a define range of surgical procedures for which they will be competency assessed. They will received a competency based assessment training as part of the theatre department induction programme.
The Theatre Support Worker requires a wide range of competencies including – communication skills, problem solving, recognising and responding appropriately to emergency situations, demonstrating awareness of equality and diversity issues, maintaining privacy as well as variety of clinical skills.
To maintain own personal and professional development with the support of the Practice Development Lead Nurse.
To demonstrates commitment to Trust CARES Values and Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
Our staff are real superstars; how they have responded to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic was amazing and reflects our values - which guide our decisions, our teamwork, how we support our people and how we deliver our patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Communicate and respectfully with patients, team leaders and all members of the multi-professional theatre team utilising a wide range well developed communication methods.
- Uses effective communication, written and verbal with all levels of staff including the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives, taking into account impairments, levels of consciousness and language barriers.
- Communicate appropriately and effectively (seeking support where necessary) with patients who have specific needs including children and their family members, learning disability and difficulty, mental illness including those with memory loss, distressed and angry patients.
- Maintains accurate, contemporaneous and legible written records of care where required and accurately completes the perioperative care plan, electronic records and be a signatory for the Operating Register.
- Documents incidents on Datix and escalates any concerns/issues to the Theatre coordinator or team leader.
- Ensures own practice complies with Information Governance/ Confidentiality/ Caldicott Principles.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and escalate changes or concerns in relation to patient well-being to the Registered Practitioner in a timely manner.
- Fosters good relationships with other departments, the multidisciplinary team and visitors to the department. Helps to achieve and maintain morale for both staff and patients.
Person specification
Shortlist
Essential criteria
- Good Level of Education.
- Basic IT Skills
- Experience of working in an Acute Health Care Setting within a hospital environment.
Desirable criteria
- Perioperative Support Worker (Senior Level)
- NVQ/QCF Level 3
- Functional Skills Level 2
- Experience of working in a Theatre Environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Iran Jahanbakhsh
- Job title
- Practice Development Nurse Theatres
- Email address
- [email protected]
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