Senior Healthcare Assistant | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	27 Ebrill 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	27 Mai 2026
Lleoliad:	Manchester, M20 4BX
Cwmni:	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7966410/413-105024-CSSS-SD

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Join a world-leader in cancer treatment and research.

We are pleased to be able to offer exciting opportunity for a Health care assistant to join our team in surgical theatres.


As an oncology trust we care for varying specialities including colorectal, urology, gynaecology and plastic surgery and brachytherapy. We also have seven main operating theatres including two Da Vinci Robotic theatres and an Endo alpha Olympus Laparoscopic theatre.


At The Christie Theatres we see staff health and wellbeing and career development as our underpinning drive in delivering excellent patient care. We place a strong emphasis on personal and professional development, with opportunities to undertake further courses in support of your on-going professional development and career progression. In addition, we have an in-house Practice Based Educator to support your learning and training needs. All healthcare assistants will be required to complete the Christie Care Certificate as part of their continuous professional development.
In return we are seeking professional, flexible, motivated, and committed team members, capable of delivering high quality, patient focused care.

The role includes care of the surgical patient, supporting patient positioning, preparing surgical sets and consumables for use, use of computer systems, working as part of the theatre transfer team which includes collection and return of patients to the ward and collection of blood products, and maintaining a high standard of infection control procedures in the department.


The role involves moving and handling of bulky and heavy instrument trays, trolleys, transferring of patients and standing for potentially long periods of time.
You will be required to work 37.5 hours Monday to Saturday, some evening shifts and on call duties are required within this post.

You will be required to complete the Christie Care certificate within 20 weeks of joining the trust.



















The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Clinical/ Clinical Support

• Demonstrate effective communication as a core principle in providing effective care in the peri-operative setting.
• Provide perioperative care to patients as a circulating assistant in the surgical theatre environment, including the anaesthetic room, operating room, and recovery room.
• Maintain patient confidentiality, privacy and dignity.
• Participate in the transfer of patients to and from the operating theatre complex as and when required. Ensuring correct documentation e.g., patient notes are transferred. Collection of beds from wards as and when required by each theatre.
• Undertake local blood collection training. Take delivery and collection of blood products.
• Assist in receiving, handling, and dispatching clinical specimens or blood products.
• Document patient information on the theatre computer system and paper documentation when performing circulating duties.
• Participate within the five steps to safer surgery WHO checklist as a valued member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in swab and instrument counts with a qualified practitioner to prevent retained surgical items.
• Assist the decontamination co-ordinator in providing an effective TSSU service where required.
• Perform and record patient’s vital signs as directed, reporting findings to a Registered professional. Perform and record temperature, blood pressure, respiration and pulse, oxygen saturation, modified early warning scores, as per Trust policy.
• Undertake wound observations, recording findings to a Registered professional.
• Recognise and respond to urgent/ or emergency situations within own role/ scope of practice.
• Follow National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSIPPs), Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSIPPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Act as an advocate to all patients, demonstrating safe and effective care.
• To communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team.

Environment Support
• To ensure stock and supplies within the complex are stored in a manner which supports effective use, infection control and a safe working environment.
• Remove clinical waste/ linen and sharps from theatre for collection.
• Retrieving a stock of linen supplies for theatre as and when required.
• Cleaning and stocking of patient trolleys.
• Collection from pharmacy when required.
• Transfer of equipment to/from medical devices as required.
• Participate in theatre cleaning schedules as described in formal schedules and keep accurate records.
• Prepare a clean environment in accordance with cleaning guidelines, Infection Control Policies and completion of relevant records.
• Ensure all stock items are stored in a safe, clean manner and that stock received is stored in an appropriate and timely manner. Ensure stock rotation.
• Prepare and provide surgical instruments and supplementary for the surgical team, for day of surgery and the next operating day.
• Prepare any required medical devices for use, including the operating table, diathermy machine, suction devices, and surgical robot etc.
• Contribute to the general tidiness and cleanliness of the clinical environment including the correct disposal of waste.
• Handling and collection of gas cylinders and safe exchange of gas cylinders intraoperatively.
• Collection of C- arm as per the requirement of the list, from radiology when required.

Education and Professional behaviour

• Participate in on call rota.
• To maintain 100% mandatory training compliance at all times and inform line manager of any barriers to maintaining compliance.
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of services. May be required to demonstrate and assist more junior staff to gain clinical experience, skills and knowledge.
• Undertake all training required to perform duties effectively to the requirements of the post, including but not limited to attending all required mandatory training courses.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026

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