Theatres Health Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 January 2026 |
| Location: | Gateshead, NE9 6SX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9297-26-0031 |
Summary
Establish good relationships with the patient, their relatives and colleagues. Demonstrate effective communication methods within the perioperative environment. Assist and support the MDT with agreed clinical activities. Communicate effectively using written and oral skills. Provide and receive routine information. Exchanges factual information to patients and attempt to overcome barriers to understanding eg patients with physical or mental disability, English as a second language. To maintain strictest confidentiality and respect for patients privacy and dignity at all times, providing reassurance and overcoming barriers to communication as appropriate. To carry messages between Theatres/recovery as requested by the Registered Practitioner whilst adhering to Theatre Etiquette. Participates in team discussions, brief, WHO, concerning the perioperative environment and patient care. Able to operate machinery such as theatre tables, laparoscopic stack systems Stand for prolonged periods of time Respond effectively and timely when required in an emergency Repetitive actions such as bending and stretching Effective use of a keyboard and computer Pushing and pulling of heavy or unpredictable loads such as patient trolleys, scrub trolleys. Ensure any equipment that is not safe to use is quarantined and appropriately serviced. Rotation of stock to reduce wastage. Assist the Registered Practitioner with the cleaning and maintenance of equipment in the perioperative environment. The post holder will be expected to undertake all shift patterns pertaining to their area of practice including night duty, late shifts and weekends. Frequent exposure to bodily fluids. Occasional/frequent highly unpleasant conditions Smell/noise, dust/body fluids, faeces, vomit, empty bed pans and catheter bags. To work within COSHH regulations and Health and Safety Regulations with regard to hazardous substances, exposure to radiation, sharps and body fluids. To transport specimens and blood to and from the appropriate departments as requested by the qualified practitioner, adhering to Trust department policies and procedures.