University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 3 Theatre Support Worker
The closing date is 24 November 2025
Theatre support assistant to work in community-based day case foot surgery unit, which operates theatre sessions two days a week, with the remaining days composed of clinical work.
Main duties of the job
Direct patient care -- including dressing clinics/pre‑operative assessment clinics, including basic observations and vascular assessments. Assisting on the ward with admitting, recovering & discharging patients during the perioperative period. In theatre, roles include circulating and monitoring of the patient, including the WHO checklist and observations including NEWS2 with appropriate escalation as required.
Stock replenishment -- in clinical areas.
Ordering of general stock plus surgical equipment & consumables to ensure that all essential equipment is available for each operative case.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Qualifications
* *NVQ Health and social care -- Level 3
* *Computer Literate
* *GCSE A* - D in English and Maths
Experience
* *Be able to work as a team member
* *Understanding and committed to a caring approach to patients and relatives
* *Experience of time management skills and prioritising work
* *Ability to take observations
* *To be able to take responsibility for tasks unsupervised once training has been completed
* *Outpatient clinical knowledge
* *Previous exposure to pre-operative assessment clinics
* *Experience with post-operative wound care and dressing clinics
Additional Criteria
* *Based at Chelmsley Wood Primary Care Centre, Crabtree Drive Chelmsley Wood, B37 5BU
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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