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Bank Band 2 Theatre Support Worker (HCA) | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	17 September 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£15.20 Hourly Paid
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	17 October 2024
Location:	London, NW3 2QG
Company:	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6647686/391-3321-BANK

Summary

The Services of the Royal Free London are constantly evolving to best meet the needs of patients and partners and this may lead to providing a full and comprehensive support over 7 days a week.

Here at The Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all our patients. In order to help us achieve this, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and committed Band 2 Theatre Support Workers to join our temporary staffing bank.

As a trust bank Theatre Support Worker you will be able to choose a flexible working pattern to suit your work life balance in a variety of clinical settings working as part of a committed multidisciplinary team.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust with some of the best clinical outcomes in the country.

PLEASE NOTE: UK VISA SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE. THIS IS NOT AN APPRENTICE POSITION.

To help within the Operating Department as circulatory staff and contribute to the delivery of patient care under direction and supervision of registered nurse.
The post holder will be responsible of stock of theatre consumables, stock rotation and checks expiry dates.
The post holder will participate in the pre-operative and post-operative cleanliness, transfer of patients, equipment, supplies to and from theatres.
The post holder will be responsible to undertake both routine and specially identified tasks for which they have been trained and assessed as competent.
The post holder will be responsible for transportation of surgical instruments to and from theatre areas.

Please refer to attached JD & PS for further information.

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across all our sites with competitive hourly rates.

Royal Free World Class Values
The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To assist qualified staff to set up operating theatre and help during the procedure
and responsible to work in a circulating capacity under the supervision of
registered practitioner/nurse.
• To ensure all specimens are correctly prepared for analysis and transport
complying with the Trust specimen policy including limbs and foetal remains.
• To record specimen fridge temperatures.
• To check stock of theatre consumables, rotates stock and checks expiry dates.
• To participate in the perioperative count of needles, swabs and surgical
instruments used during surgery and to complete record as per the policy.
• To be responsible for operating table attachments, accessories, patient trolleys
and any other theatre equipment are cleaned and kept in a good working order.
• To safely transport patients to and from the Operating Department ensuring
patient safety
• To operate lifts as required and respond to requests for lift transportation.
• To respond promptly to the department for major haemorrhage calls if carrying
the bleep.
• To transport medical, industrial, special gasses and to maintain correct level of
supply of gases.
• To ensure the safe positioning of patients for anaesthetic and operative
procedures, under the guidance of qualified Operating Department staff, is
carried out in a professional manner.
• To collect or return any equipment used within the Operating Department or
equipment attached to patients no longer required.
• To maintain a clean environment by ensuring all clinical waste is disposed of as
appropriate, in accordance with departmental and Trust policies and ensuring
all dirty hatches are emptied as required.
• Report any equipment fault to the band 7 team leader or theatre co-ordinator
• To ensure the safe management and disposal of nuclear waste bags, under
supervision of RPS.
• Collection and safe delivery of formalin containing pots to the Operating
Department.
• To be responsible for ensuring the regular clearing of the theatre hatches and
transporting the dirty trays/sets appropriately to the SSD collection area and
restoking of sterile sets using electronic scanning system.
• To establish effective working relationships with all members of the
multidisciplinary team to promote good communication and a multidisciplinary
approach to patient care in the peri-operative period.

To actively participate in a rotational duty roster enduring a 24hr service is maintained.
• To be responsible for reporting incidents using datix system and potential risks to the band 7 team leader or theatre co-ordinator.
• To undertake the role of fire warden (after training) supported by senior staff to include undertaking a weekly fire department check.
• To carry out any other duties as requested by the supervisor, team leaders or theatre co-ordinator which are deemed to be relevant and within the remit of the role.
• To assist with the personal care and comfort of the patients and to maintain the patient’s safety, dignity, and privacy at all times
• To ensure that all documentation is completed relevant to your role (e.g.: theatre records, audits, specimen records, cleaning logs, etc.) using Electronic Patient record system.



RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS
• To respect patient confidentiality and to treat all clients in a courteous, helpful manner
• To deal sympathetically with all patient requests and queries and respond in a professional and polite manner
• To consistently exhibit a high quality of customer care to provide a customer and patient focussed service
• To respond to staff, patients and significant others in a courteous and professional manner

Please refer to attached JD & PS for further information.

PLEASE NOTE: UK VISA SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE. THIS IS NOT AN APPRENTICE POSITION.


This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024