Theatre Support Worker
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,465.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24465.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9430-25-0555 |
Summary
Main duties and responsibilities To assist in maintaining general tidiness and cleanliness within the department. Assist with safe storage of supplies. Assist in ordering of supplies as directed by the Senior Theatre Practitioner. To ensure faulty equipment is reported, decontaminated and dispatched as required within the Trust or out of it as required. Ensure spare equipment is cleaned and stored charged ready for use. Ensure safe transportation of lab specimens and collection of blood products. Ensure linen supplies are optimised and available, including theatre scrubs and cover gowns. Timely and accurate liaison with the wards and recovery units with information regarding changes in order of operating lists or anaesthetic instructions, e.g., patient hydration. Ensure patients are transferred safely from ward to the theatre suite, maintaining their comfort and dignity at all times. Assisting with the safe positioning of patients for operative procedures. Assist in preparing the theatre for all operating sessions. Participate in in house training and teaching sessions. To adhere to Trust policies and procedures. Participate, as requested in audits and surveys within the department. To complete relevant documentation as required such as completing cleaning logs, monitoring of fluid warmers, maintaining pathology records. Able to organise own workload with minimal supervision. Please refer to the Job Description for further details