Theatre Support Worker | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7765080/214-SRG-7765080 |
Summary
Are you passionate about exceptional patient care and eager to join a supportive, high-performing clinical team? We are seeking a compassionate Theatre Support Worker to join our dynamic theatre department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
In this hands-on role, you’ll play a vital part in caring for patients at vulnerable moments. Working alongside Registered Nurses and multidisciplinary colleagues, you’ll provide direct and indirect patient care, ensuring every individual feels safe, respected, and supported.
You’ll help maintain a safe and efficient theatre environment by preparing areas, supporting infection prevention, and assisting colleagues in the scrub role. Your professionalism, attention to detail, and positive attitude will directly impact the smooth running of theatres and the quality of care we deliver.
We’re looking for someone empathetic, reliable, and team-oriented, who takes pride in high standards and treats patients and families with dignity and compassion.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a fast-paced, valued department, with comprehensive training and ongoing support to help you thrive and grow.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9thApril, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Mar 2026
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