Theatre Support Worker
The closing date is 28 January 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Theatre Support Worker to join the team working in theatres.
Key Responsibilities
* Assisting the surgical team to provide a quality service.
* Assisting the surgical team to deliver safe patient care.
* Supporting the surgical team in the preparation of sterile and non‑sterile equipment.
* Maintaining a clean and tidy environment throughout theatres.
* Maintaining good stock levels.
* Being part of the nights and weekends CEPOD team.
* Works as part of the team to maintain good working relationships.
* Communicates well both verbally and written.
* Is able to work under supervision.
* Able to provide and receive routine information.
* Provides information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
* Reports any concern regarding patient care.
* Supervised by the trained nurse, records care.
* Able to make sure infection control standards are maintained by all members of the MDT.
* Able to maintain theatres clean and tidy at all times.
* Join weekend and night rotation after competence training.
* Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, participates in the delivery of planned programmes of care.
* Assists in the receiving of patients.
* Assists in the collection of patients from the ward.
* Assists with the checking and preparation of instruments and equipment.
* Unpacks and records arrival of equipment.
* Supplies the surgical team with items as instructed.
* Assists the scrub team in gowning and gloving.
* Counts swabs with a registered nurse.
* Assists in correctly dispatching specimens as instructed.
* Be aware of competence and asks for assistance as required.
* Respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Qualifications
You must also demonstrate a good verbal and written command of English, along with excellent communication/interpersonal skills and a reasonable level of numeracy equivalent to GCSE.
There will be an expectation that you complete a Care Certificate qualification in Perioperative care.
Person Specification
Education
* Functional skills minimum Level 1 Maths and English and assessed via BKSB Test or GCSE A-C (4‑9) including Maths and English or equivalent (NARIC certified) or Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English.
* Computer literacy.
Experience
* Evidence of using own initiative.
* Awareness of risk, identifying them and alerting appropriate personnel.
* Knowledge of basic IT system.
* Ability to learn new skills and adapt existing knowledge.
* Previous health care experience in hospital setting.
Personal Attributes
* Pleasant personality / willingness to learn and reliability.
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
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
£29,651 to £31,312 a year inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
About Us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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