Senior Theatre Support Worker | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4QJ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6251330/359-6251330-T2 |
Summary
Tunbridge Wells Theatres are looking for a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated individual to work within our Theatre Department as a Band 3 Senior Theatre Support Worker!
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years theatre experience and will have the knowledge and skills to provide care and assistance throughout the patients’ perioperative journey. You will be an important part of the multi-disciplinary team, bringing patients to theatres, checking documentation, and applying monitoring in the anaesthetic room. Inside theatre you will assist the scrub team, clean after each surgery, and ensure that the stock is kept topped-up. There will also be portering duties, taking patients on beds and trolleys to and from the wards.
As a senior, you will be allocated an area of responsibility, and will be heavily involved with training new staff.
You must possess good communication skills and be highly motivated. Your rota will include day shifts, long days, weekends and nights.
Tunbridge Wells at Pembury Hospital is the Trust ‘Hot site’ and runs both an elective and emergency service. It comprises of 11 theatres covering a wide range of specialties: ENT, Gynaecology, Upper and Lower GI, Bariatrics, Paediatric Orthopaedics and Opthalmics, as well as CEPOD, Trauma and Obstetrics,
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s Clinical Induction Programme for Clinical Support Workers (which starts on the first day of employment). The programme is full-time (please contact the CSW Induction Programme Lead if this is going to be problematic:rallen@nhs.net), lasts for two weeks and will involve travelling to both Trust sites. The programme includes 2 supernumerary shifts in the clinical area (an early and a late shift), all of the other days are classroom-based and run from 9am to 5pm.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: To be confirmed
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024
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