Are you interested in starting a career in Theatres within Liverpool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Theatre Support Worker towork within our busy operating theatre departments providing care forpatients who are under the care of most surgical specialities.

The successful candidate will demonstrate that you can uphold the values and behaviours of the Trust.

We are looking for enthusiastic Theatre Support Workers to join our Theatre teams within the Trust, to provide a high standard of care within the perioperative setting. These posts will be located across Theatre departments within the Trust.

You will be required to develop working relationships with colleagues across the department and throughout the wider Trust.

We work in a fast moving environment that will require you to have a flexible approach to meet competing demands. If you enjoy being busy and making a positive contribution and are looking to build a career within the perioperative environment then this role is ideal for you.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Daily cleaning of the theatre area, Scrub Room and Exit Rooms including all furniture, fittings and specialised equipment.

Daily cleaning of X-ray gowns, checking gowns still adhere to health and
safety standards, deal appropriately with gowns not up to standards.

Monitor and maintain stock levels of materials and equipment in each theatre area

Prepare packs, set up trolleys, setup theatres for scrub team.

Ordering of CSSD, TSSU, stores and instruments for the lists the following day.

Act as circulating assistant during operative procedures. Deal appropriately with specimens and measurement of urine and blood loss.

Set up theatre for the following day’s list, ensuring instruments, trays etc are available, recording shortages to ensure smooth running of list.

Receive and identify patients for clinical/operative procedures and support them whilst in the Anaesthetic Room prior to surgery.

Ensure all relevant information is recorded on the computerised patient information sheet. Complete any documentation necessary for nursing records.