An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and highly motivated Healthcare Assistants to join our Theatre teams

The responsibilities would include working as part of a team alongside the clinical staff in the department to ensure efficient running of the theatres.

Please note, this vacancy may close early should a sufficient amount of applications be received.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
• Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters.
• Develop own knowledge and skills and provide information to others to help their developments.
• Monitor and maintain Health, Safety and Security to self and others.
• Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
• Support equality and value diversities.
• Monitor and maintain environments, buildings and items.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES
• Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters.
• Develop own knowledge and skills and provide information to others to help their developments.
• Monitor and maintain Health, Safety and Security to self and others.
• Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
• Support equality and value diversities.
• Monitor and maintain environments, buildings and items.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To provide assistance with patient care to all members of the theatre team
• To participate in keeping all theatres are clean, tidy and stocked up.
• To participate in keeping all other areas of theatre suite clean and tidy
• Assist in the maintenance of good communication channels within the department and other areas within the Trust.
• To act as a role model and contribute to the development of others.
• To act as a circulating member of the theatre team as per Theatre Policy, including checking of swabs, instruments, and sharps.
• To escort patient into theatre as per Theatre Policy.
• To work collaboratively with the peri-operative team to ensure a safe and secure environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
• To assist with decontamination and sterilization procedures
• To assist Theatre staff in ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) and the principles of COSHH. To be aware of the Trusts’ Risk Management Strategy and to follow trust policy in relation to Environmental Risk Management and the reporting of accidents and incidents.
• To be aware of his/her duties and responsibilities in relation to Clinical Risk Management
• To maintain awareness of Trust Policies and Procedures
• To assist in the care and maintenance of equipment reporting any faults or hazards appropriately
• To ensure all items for disposal are correctly bagged and labelled before transfer to central collection area, to include undertaking duties in back corridor.
• To assist patient comfort and dignity is maintained at all times, and to provide reassurance and support to patients, visitors and carers.
• To assist staff transferring patients according to Manual Handling Guidelines and Policies
• To assist in specimen collection and delivery as per Trust policy
• To liaise with theatre reception and ward staff when requesting patients. To communicate with all other departments, answering telephones and taking messages relaying them to senior personnel.
• To assist in stock rotation in sterile stores and theatres and undertake role of store-person in their absence.
• To cover the reception desk, collecting Theatre data, sending for patients, and using the Galaxy theatre system.

This advert closes on Sunday 29 Jun 2025